Some, but not all, of the laws of Moses have been shown to be for good good medical and hygienic reasons. I believe that some of those laws are in today's readings. Infectious communicable diseases are attempted to be curtailed in some of these laws. But in all laws, the illustration of the separation of the holy and unclean is shown.
During the plagues of the Middle Ages, the Jews were almost immune. Most scholars believe it was because of the Mosaic purity laws that saved them.
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