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

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 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׃