Words That Heal (Tazria – Metzora 5780)
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Download the accompanying Family Edition here! At the risk of disclosing a spoiler, I would like to begin this week’s … Read more
As we saw in Parshat Tazria, the Sages identify tzara’at – the condition that affects human skin, the fabric of … Read more
From time to time couples come to see me before their wedding. Sometimes they ask me whether I have any … Read more
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
On 20 December 2013, a young woman, Justine Sacco, was waiting in Heathrow airport before boarding a flight to Africa. … Read more
Hannah Smith was a fourteen-year-old schoolgirl living in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Bright and outgoing, she enjoyed an active social life and … Read more
The rabbis moralised the condition of tzara’at – often translated as leprosy – the subject that dominates last week’s sedra … Read more