Parsha 28 of 54 · Sefer Vayikra
6 pieces on Parshas Metzora, one for each year it was written. Each opens as a PDF.
5781–82 · Year 1 · 2 pages
Parshas Tazria–Metzora
April 16-17, 2021 4-5 Iyaar 5781 The power of speech In this week’s parsha we learn about the birth of a child, and the mother’s post birth obligations in the form of sacrifices. We also learn of the commandment of circumcising a son on the 8th day. The…
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5782–83 · Year 2 · 1 page
This week’s parsha is Metzora and it is also Shabbos Hagadol. This week’s haftora from Melachim 2 7:3-20 discusses people who were plagued with Tzaraas- a key theme in the parsha. The story is interesting, in that the 4 victims who quarantined outside the…
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5783–84 · Year 3 · 3 pages
Parshas Tazria–Metzora
This week’s Parsheos are Tazria and Metzora, the Parsheos that discuss human afflictions (versus animal ones of previous Parsheos) and the method of purification for men and women. As the first Rashi in Tazria explains, the chronology here matches creation;…
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5784–85 · Year 4 · 2 pages
This week is Shabbos Hagadol, and we read from the Metzora, the Parsha. The Metzora includes further details of a leper, their diagnosis, and their sacrifice regimen to become part of the camp. Included is the leprosy of houses and clothes. Each type of…
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5785–86 · Year 5 · 2 pages
Parshas Tazria–Metzora
This week’s Parsheos are Tazria Metzora, which talk about bodily purity, which follows the Parsha of Kashrus (in Parshas Shemini), as Rashi explains, so that if one doesn’t keep the laws of purity, Hashem can say that animals preceded you in creation. The…
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5786–87 · Year 6 · 2 pages
Parshas Tazria–Metzora
This week we read two joined parsheos, Tazria and Metzorah. Tazria begins with the laws of purity pertaining to a woman who gives birth to a male or female child, then proceeds to the laws governing a person, home, or clothing afflicted with skin disease,…
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