The classification of certain people as "athenes" receives wide expression in Talmudic stories and even practical halakhic application. Shayna Herszage-Feldan considers the varieties of asthenes descriptions in Talmudic texts, proposing that the category encompasses the condition that is today diagnosed as contamination-focused obsessive compulsive disorder. The post “Asthenes” as a Jewish Textual Reference to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder appeared first on The Lehrhaus.
