Words That Heal (Tazria – Metzora 5780)
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The Power of Speech (Metzora 5779)
As we saw in Parshat Tazria, the Sages identify tzara’at – the condition that affects human skin, the fabric of … Read more
The Power of Praise (Tazria-Metzora 5778)
From time to time couples come to see me before their wedding. Sometimes they ask me whether I have any … Read more
Is there such a thing as Lashon Tov? (Tazria-Metzora 5777)
The Sages understood tsara’at, the theme of this week’s parsha, not as an illness but as a miraculous public exposure of … Read more
The Power of Shame (Metzora 5776)
On 20 December 2013, a young woman, Justine Sacco, was waiting in Heathrow airport before boarding a flight to Africa. … Read more
Tazria (5774) – The Price of Free Speech
Hannah Smith was a fourteen-year-old schoolgirl living in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Bright and outgoing, she enjoyed an active social life and … 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
