Tazria-Metsorah (5773) – Holiness and Childbirth
The sidrot of Tazria and Metsorah contain laws which are among the most difficult to understand. They are about conditions … Read more
Parsha: Metzora
Tazria-Metzorah (5772) – Holiness and Childbirth
The sidrot of Tazria and Metsorah contain laws which are among the most difficult to understand. They are about conditions … Read more
Metsora (5771) – Is there such a thing as Lashon Tov?
As we saw last week, the sages understood tsaraat, the theme of this week’s parsha, not as an illness but as … Read more
Tazria (5771) – Othello, WikiLeaks and Mildewed Walls
It was the Septuagint, the early Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, that translated tzaraat, the condition whose identification and cleansing … Read more
Tazria-Metsorah (5770) – Maternal Identity
Advances in medical technology such as in vitro fertilisation have raised complex ethical and legal questions. In the case of … Read more
Tazria-Metsorah (5769) – Maternal Identity
Advances in medical technology such as in vitro fertilisation have raised complex ethical and legal questions. In the case of … Read more
Metsorah (5768) – The Plague of Evil Speech
The rabbis moralised the condition of tzara’at – often translated as leprosy – the subject that dominates last week’s sedra … Read more
Tazria-Metsorah (5767) – Holiness and Childbirth
The sidrot of Tazria and Metsorah contain laws which are among the most difficult to understand. They are about conditions … Read more
