Parsha Tazria-Metzora: Leviticus 12:1-15:33

Parsha Tazria-Metzora: Day 4

(Leviticus 13:55-14:20)

(Leviticus 13:55-58)

Moshe Rabbeinu declares that if after washing in water and remaining in isolation for the second seven day separation period the affection in the cloth:

1. Has not changed and has not spread: the cloth is unclean. Even though the red and green affliction did not spread, there is also no healing nor fading. Since the affected area did not improve, the entire cloth must be consumed by fire. The diagnosis is “Fret”

2. The affection faded (and did not spread—assumed): the cloth is pronounced clean .

Parsha Tazria-Metzora: Day 5 (Leviticus 14:21-32)

As with the guilt offerings in Leviticus chapter 5, we learned there is a sliding scale based on the poverty level of the person who is cleansed from his or her leprosy.

Moshe Rabbeinu declares that if a person is too poor to bring two lambs (mentioned in Leviticus 14:10-11), then he or she can bring:

1. A male lamb—which will be elevated for expiation. This practice is only performed for Thanksgiving well-being burnt offerings. Thus, as mentioned earlier, what makes this lamb a “guilt offering “ is the log of oil that is burned along with this lamb. The oil burns as the necessary fat turned to smoke, which allows for the expiation and forgiveness of guilt. The male lamb is not a guilt offering. Only a female lamb is a guilt offering (see Leviticus 5).

2. 1/10 of choice flour with oil mixed in—as…

Parsha Tazria-Metzora: Day 6

(Leviticus 14:33-15:15)

(Leviticus 14:33-53)

Hashem, not Moshe Rabbeinu, directly declares the affections that He will send upon His peoples’ homes when Israelites settle in the holy promised land of Israel and conquer the land of Canaan as their home land. The following plagues are promised to come only if the Jewish people do not keep mitzvot in the Holy Land—Zion, the dwelling place of Hashem, and Jerusalem where Hashem has written His name forever.

The following plagues are akin to the plagues of Egypt and are promised to come as curses to those who transgress Torah. (See the blessings and curses in Deuteronomy 27-28).

The following plagues are tied to the entry into the Holy Land because it is there that ALL of the laws in Torah become binding. Outside of the land of Israel, Hashem offers grace and leniency since many of the mitzvot cannot…

Leviticus 13:55-14:20

וְרָאָ֨ה הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אַחֲרֵ֣י ׀ הֻכַּבֵּ֣ס אֶת־הַנֶּ֗גַע וְ֠הִנֵּ֠ה לֹֽא־הָפַ֨ךְ הַנֶּ֤גַע אֶת־עֵינוֹ֙ וְהַנֶּ֣גַע לֹֽא־פָשָׂ֔ה טָמֵ֣א ה֔וּא בָּאֵ֖שׁ תִּשְׂרְפֶ֑נּוּ פְּחֶ֣תֶת הִ֔וא בְּקָרַחְתּ֖וֹ א֥וֹ בְגַבַּחְתּֽוֹ׃

55 And the priest shall look, after that the plague is washed; and, behold, if the plague have not changed its colour, and the plague be not spread, it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is a fret, whether the bareness be within or without.

וְאִם֮ רָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵן֒ וְהִנֵּה֙ כֵּהָ֣ה הַנֶּ֔גַע אַחֲרֵ֖י הֻכַּבֵּ֣ס אֹת֑וֹ וְקָרַ֣ע אֹת֗וֹ מִן־הַבֶּ֙גֶד֙ א֣וֹ מִן־הָע֔וֹר א֥וֹ מִן־הַשְּׁתִ֖י א֥וֹ מִן־הָעֵֽרֶב׃

56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be dim after the washing thereof, then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof.

וְאִם־תֵּרָאֶ֨ה ע֜וֹד בַּ֠בֶּ֠גֶד אֽוֹ־בַשְּׁתִ֤י אֽוֹ־בָעֵ֙רֶב֙ א֣וֹ בְכׇל־כְּלִי־ע֔וֹר פֹּרַ֖חַת הִ֑וא בָּאֵ֣שׁ תִּשְׂרְפֶ֔נּוּ אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־בּ֖וֹ הַנָּֽגַע׃

Leviticus 14:21-32

וְאִם־דַּ֣ל ה֗וּא וְאֵ֣ין יָדוֹ֮ מַשֶּׂ֒גֶת֒ וְ֠לָקַ֠ח כֶּ֣בֶשׂ אֶחָ֥ד אָשָׁ֛ם לִתְנוּפָ֖ה לְכַפֵּ֣ר עָלָ֑יו וְעִשָּׂר֨וֹן סֹ֜לֶת אֶחָ֨ד בָּל֥וּל בַּשֶּׁ֛מֶן לְמִנְחָ֖ה וְלֹ֥ג שָֽׁמֶן׃

21 And if he be poor, and his means suffice not, then he shall take one he-lamb for a guilt-offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering, and a log of oil;

וּשְׁתֵּ֣י תֹרִ֗ים א֤וֹ שְׁנֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יוֹנָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּשִּׂ֖יג יָד֑וֹ וְהָיָ֤ה אֶחָד֙ חַטָּ֔את וְהָאֶחָ֖ד עֹלָֽה׃

22 and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, such as his means suffice for; and the one shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering.

וְהֵבִ֨יא אֹתָ֜ם בַּיּ֧וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִ֛י לְטׇהֳרָת֖וֹ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵ֑ן אֶל־פֶּ֥תַח אֹֽהֶל־מוֹעֵ֖ד לִפְנֵ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

Leviticus 14:33-15:15

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֖ן לֵאמֹֽר׃

33 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:

כִּ֤י תָבֹ֙אוּ֙ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֛י נֹתֵ֥ן לָכֶ֖ם לַאֲחֻזָּ֑ה וְנָתַתִּי֙ נֶ֣גַע צָרַ֔עַת בְּבֵ֖ית אֶ֥רֶץ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶֽם׃

34 When ye are come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;

וּבָא֙ אֲשֶׁר־ל֣וֹ הַבַּ֔יִת וְהִגִּ֥יד לַכֹּהֵ֖ן לֵאמֹ֑ר כְּנֶ֕גַע נִרְאָ֥ה לִ֖י בַּבָּֽיִת׃