LEV164 In the Torah there are a number of injunctions based on a two-fold ideology: the prevention of illness and the removal of “unclean” things from areas of human habitation. [Deuteronomy 23:14]. The temporary quarantine and purification of garments, utensils, and houses prescribed in Leviticus was aimed both at eradicating the physical results of spiritual deficiencies and at preserving the physical health of the community. All the laws of Tumah-- impurity-- which required expulsion from the community and purification before re-entry [e.g.., Leviticus 15: 2- 23; Numbers 19: 7- 22] served the same dual purpose. In the same way, the Talmud, the halachic codes, and the rabbinic literature all include the discussion of health problems, nutrition, and preventive medicine as part of the religious pattern of life. Man, created in God’s image, is required to care properly for his body and is enjoined against harming himself or others through neglect of that body.