Uncomfortable Musings for Comfortable JewsKol Yaakov By Rabbi Baruch Leff. (Based on the teachings of Rav Yaakov Weinberg zt”l)Something is strange. The arrangement throughout the Parshas of Tzaria-Metzora is unusual.These Parshas describe the laws of tzaarat, a leprous-type disease that afflicts a person primarily as a result
Read more →The Parshios of Tazria and Metsora discuss in length the spiritual malaise of tzoraas whereby a person is afflicted with white blotches on his skin. He must then experience a period of isolation and finally undergo a process of purification. Chazal tell us that this affliction comes about because of a
Read more →Chinuch HaBanim The parsha discusses the halachos pertaining to a woman that gave birth. The following is based on a chabura that the Rosh Yeshiva zt”l gave on Chinuch HaBanim. The first yesod which is the yesod hayesodos- ie., without it nothing can work- is consistency. The
Read more →When you arrive in the land of Canaan that I give you as a possession, Iwill place a tzora’as affliction upon a house in the land of yourpossession.” (Leviticus 14:34) The last of the various forms of tzora’as is that which affects homes. Thatform of tzora’as was
Read more →In this week’s Torah portion we are introduced to a number of laws that focus on illness. These maladies render a person spiritually impure and thereby preclude them from participating in the Temple services. One such area is the law of Tzaraas. Tzaraas, erroneously translated as Leprosy,
Read more →Parshas Tazria discusses the various forms of negaim and the process by which a person can be healed. Since the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash the laws of negaim no longer apply[1]. Given this, how is this parsha relevant to our daily lives? The Sefer HaChinuch answers
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