Reuven Kalisher

Reuven Kalisher
Born	Zhytomir
Nationality	Russian
Known for	Maintained the view that the Torah mentioned Tzaraath is not Leprosy but in fact Vitiligo

Reuven Kalisher, resident of Zhytomir, was a Jewish doctor and Hebrew-language literist.

Kalisher maintained the view that the Torah mentioned Tzaraath is not Leprosy but in fact Vitiligo, Yehuda L. Katzenelson quotes Kalisher's view in his work on medicinal talmudic work (הרפואה וחכמת התלמוד berlin, 1928).

• Natural works and medicine (Hebrew) Warsaw, 1862.