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Tzaraat ("Leprosy"): A supra-natural bodily affliction (often mistranslated as leprosy).
The Torah instituted effective modes of rehabilitation long before correctional reforms were adopted by other cultures.
An Essay on Parshat Tazria
Tzaraat should be regarded not as an illness that is designated as tamei, but as “a sign and a wonder” that G‑d uses to mark someone.
Is it OK to enjoy a good shopping spree and to delight in yet another Amazon box at your doorstep?
Not harming others is not a strong enough foundation upon which to build the Land of Israel.
Although tzaraat was a skin illness, it had a spiritual element to it. In the Tanach, we find quite a few individuals who were plagued by tzaraat.
The Torah tells of a home inflicted with tzaraat, a spiritual infliction that took the form of green or red patches on the walls of a home. What was the cause of this tzaraat? Rashi explains that hundreds of years after Canaanites hid gold in the walls of...
In the Talmud, a question is asked: “What is Moshiach’s name? The rabbis say, “the metzora of the house of Rebbi.” On the verse “and the metzora that has the lesion,” the Midrash explains, “metzora, this is the Holy Temple.” The metzora is one inflicted b...
Walking out of his office into the empty hallway, I broke down in a fit of bitter tears. After I composed myself, I headed out of the building.
When we experience an actual struggle in life, pain hurts. It does not build.
The person who had previously been excluded from the camp, shut out in spiritual darkness, is able to shine his light again in his newfound humility.
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