This Week’s Torah Portion: Tazria – M’tzora – תַזְרִיעַ – מְצֹרָע (Leviticus 12:1-15:33)
These are two portions about all kind of skin Diseases and body discharges, not the best read during a global pandemic.
However these are not the kind of diseases we know, they are spiritual diseases.
One of these is the leprosy of the home, homes, as we know, do not get skin disease, so what is it about? It is about social illnesses that make the society in general unhealthy.
Teaching us that social illnesses can be as deadly is real sickness.
Parsha Tazria – M’tzora Torah Summary:
God describes the rituals of purification for a woman after childbirth. (12:1-8)
God sets forth the methods for diagnosing and treating a variety of skin diseases, including tzara-at (a leprous affection), as well as those for purifying clothing. (13:1-59)
Priestly rituals to cure tzara-at when it afflicts humans are described. (14:1-32)
Rituals to rid dwelling places of tzara-at are presented. (14:33-57)
The parashah denotes male impurities resulting from a penile discharge or seminal emission. (15:1-18)
The parashah concludes with accounts of female impurities caused by a discharge of blood. (15:19-33)
Tazria – M’tzora
These are two portions about all kind of skin Diseases and body discharges, not the best read during a global pandemic.
However these are not the kind of diseases we know, they are spiritual diseases.
One of these is the leprosy of the home, homes, as we know, do not get skin disease, so what is it about? It is about social illnesses that make the society in general unhealthy.
Teaching us that social illnesses can be as deadly is real sickness.
