tazria and gives birth to a male. The word “
tazria” literally means “causes seeding”, so the apparent meaning is “causes pregnancy”. Still, the meaning is not clear regarding a woman. Does a woman “cause” seeding or pregnancy? This word also seems superfluous, since a woman cannot give birth without first being pregnant.
Any explanation for the meaning of “
tazria” will need to take into account the statement in tractate
Nida (32b) that a woman will give birth to a male only when the first one to “
mazria” is the woman, not the man. Rabbi Baruch Shalom Ashlag explained (in
Beracha Veshalom, volume 2, page 443) that a seed has to partially decompose before it can germinate new life. Thus, the inner meaning of “causing seeding” is to cause decay that allows renewal. The “woman” within each person refers to the desires within each person to receive for himself or herself. (Even for nuts and bolts, the female element is the receiving element – t
Taanit 25a);
Torat Hashem Temima, p. 150).
The correctness of the above five statements about miracles can easily be confirmed if we keep in mind one key thought that was frequently stressed by Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag (the great Kabbalist and father of Rabbi Baruch Shalom): Everything in this world is an emanation from higher worlds. And, of course, everything is ultimately from God.
“This world” refers to the bottom rung on the ladder of levels of reality. “Natural causes” comprise our evolving understanding of the relationship between events within this world. But not only does this understanding never provide a complete explanation, it also never includes a recognition of emanation or even the existence of higher worlds. For example, it was recently discovered that hundreds of galaxies are rotating in a manner that is synchronized with the motions of galaxies that are tens of millions of light years away from them. There is no known explanation for this. So the scientists w