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Am I as proud as Pharaoh or as humble as Moses? April 20, 2024 Shabbat Hagadol Leviticus 14: 34 – 35 says, “When you come to the land of Canaan, which I give to you as a possession and I put the disease of tzaraat in a house in the land you […]
To watch recorded message, click on https://youtu.be/1sSu7BhiSeY The Power of the Tongue This week’s parashah, Metzora, is one of the most detailed regarding how to treat various bodily processes that are natural such as illnesses, secretions, etc. and considered to be impure. The book of Vayikra in general, particularly this parashah, not only deals with […]
Am I Choosing Life or Death? These double parashiot Tazria – Metzora speak of being tahor – טָהוֹר and tamei – טָמֵא which are normally translated as pure and impure or clean and unclean but Rabbi Percy or as he signed his name – Ranebi, taught us that it’s better to use the words presentable and unpresentable. Tahor […]
Are the Spiritual and Physical Connected? Iyar 1 5780 In the first part of the double Parashot, Tazria – Metzora, at first glance Tazria seems to corroborate the idea that has filtered down throughout the ages, that women are dirty during their time of menstruation. At the time when this was inscribed, women had less […]
Doing it the right way! 8 Nisan 5776 The Torah is a book of Truth and contains many beautiful pictures which give us practical teachings from our Creator to live full and rich lives. This past week we read about the biblical disease tzaraat, known as leprosy and was considered by our sages to be a […]
April 16 2016, 8 Nisan 5776 פרשת מְּצֹרָע, ח’ ניסן, תשע”ו This is the continuation of the last parashah, Tazria which addresses the regulations for the woman after giving birth and is followed by the rulings for tzaraat which has been translated as leprosy. This is not the Hansen’s’ disease that we know today but […]
