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…

Parsha Tazria-Metzora: Day 7 (Leviticus 15:16-33)

The final portion of this week’s parsha discusses the various aspects of uncleanness that arise from bodily discharges. The first section discusses discharges from the nose and mouth. These can be understood as those discharges that are expelled when someone coughs or sneezes.

The discharges can be released when someone is healthy or when someone has a cold or other respiratory illness. Either way, the discharges make the person and the things that contact the discharges unclean. Anyone who contacts the person, the discharge, or any bedding or cloth with the discharge on it is declared unclean. They must wash their clothes, bathe in water and remain unclean until evening.

The second half of the final parsha portion discusses male seminal discharges and female discharges of blood. As mentioned previously, both of these types of discharges contain within them the seeds of life. If…

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׃

Leviticus 15:16-33

וְאִ֕ישׁ כִּֽי־תֵצֵ֥א מִמֶּ֖נּוּ שִׁכְבַת־זָ֑רַע וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֛יִם אֶת־כׇּל־בְּשָׂר֖וֹ וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

16 And if the flow of seed go out from a man, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

וְכׇל־בֶּ֣גֶד וְכׇל־ע֔וֹר אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶ֥ה עָלָ֖יו שִׁכְבַת־זָ֑רַע וְכֻבַּ֥ס בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

17 And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the flow of seed, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.

וְאִשָּׁ֕ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשְׁכַּ֥ב אִ֛ישׁ אֹתָ֖הּ שִׁכְבַת־זָ֑רַע וְרָחֲצ֣וּ בַמַּ֔יִם וְטָמְא֖וּ עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃ {פ}