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Torah Tidbits - Study Judaism with Rabbi Rapport and Rabbi David. Ki Tisa Tetzaveh Pekudei Vayikra (Leviticus 1:1−5:26)The opening word of Leviticus that gives the book and this first parashah its name is Vayikra Tazria Metzorah Achrei Mot Emor B’har B’hukotai Sh’lach L’cha Korach Matot Masei D'varim Va-et’chanan Eikev Nitzavim Chayei Sarah Tol'dot Mishpatim

Tazria – תַזְרִיעַ (Leviticus 12:1−13:59)

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This Week’s Torah Portion: Tazria – תַזְרִיעַ (Leviticus 12:1−13:59)

Tazria is mainly about skin diseases that make you unclean, it begins by telling us that also giving birth makes the women unclean (impure) meaning that she can not go close to the sacred.

The all notion of purity and impurity that plays such a huge role in the Torah, is almost irrelevant to our lives and makes little or no sense to us.

Parsha Tazria – תַזְרִיעַ 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) Tazria – תַזְרִיעַ Tazria is mainly about skin diseases that make you unclean, it begins by telling us that also giving birth makes the women unclean (impure) meaning that she can not go close to the sacred. The all notion of purity and impurity that plays such a huge role in the Torah, is almost irrelevant to our lives and makes little or no sense to us.

Parsha Tazria – תַזְרִיעַ 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) Tazria – תַזְרִיעַ Tazria is mainly about skin diseases that make you unclean, it begins by telling us that also giving birth makes the women unclean (impure) meaning that she can not go close to the sacred. The all notion of purity and impurity that plays such a huge role in the Torah, is almost irrelevant to our lives and makes little or no sense to us.

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