זֹ֤את תִּֽהְיֶה֙ תּוֹרַ֣ת הַמְּצֹרָ֔ע בְּי֖וֹם טָהֳרָת֑וֹ וְהוּבָ֖א אֶל־הַכֹּהֵֽן (מצורע יד, ב) “This shall be the ritual for the afflicted with tzara’at on the day...
In Aramaic, tzara’at is called sgiru, (Unkelos) cognate to sgirah (closing). It points to the imperviousness of the heart and mind, the result of evil...
Tazria-Metzora: Sunday: Shades of White There are four types of tzara’at, a Biblical skin affliction commonly translated as ‘leprosy’: Baheret, se’et, sapachat of baheret and...
The two portions of the Torah, Tazria-Metzora deal with the laws concerning צרעת, tzara’at, a skin disease that required the afflicted person to separate from...
Harnessing Chaos In his famous dissertation of 28 Nissan, 5751, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, explained that the way to bring Mashiach is...
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Additional material One of the 4 ingredients in the spiritual purification is scarlet. The exact wording in the Torah is "scarlet [from a] worm." Rashi...