Parsha (double) Tazria-Metzora: How To Create Torah

This week we have another of our famous double parshas (weekly Torah readings) and it is called Tazria-Metzora.  Tazria is the name of the first parsha and means, “She will cause seed to be sewn.”  Metzora is the name of the second parsha and refers to a person who has Tzaraat which is a spiritual malady and often mistranslated as leprosy.  Seeing as we had our first double parsha a few weeks ago, I think I will go straight into … Continue reading

Parsha (double) Tazria-Metzora: Purity and Tzaraat

This week we have a double parsha (weekly Torah portion) which deals with purity.  (For those who don’t know, the Jewish calender is lunar based and needs to add an extra month every other year or so to keep the month of spring in the springtime.  When that extra month is not there, like this year, we have to double up some of the parshas.  And this week is one of those times.)  The first parsha talks about the purity … Continue reading