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Why Does Teshuvah Work?

Shabbat Shalom: Parshat Tazria-Metzora - American Israelite

One of the strangest and most primitive-sounding rituals of the Bible surrounds the purification of the individual afflicted with “tzara’at,” a skin disease that apparently, at least in biblical times, struck those guilty of slanderous gossip (metzora – one who is afflicted with tzara’at derives from motzi-ra, one who spreads evil talk). Because the root cause of the malady was spiritual rather than physiological, it was the priest – the kohen – rather than a doctor who had the responsibility of examining the white spots that appeared on the skin of the individual to determine whether quarantine was necessary, and then – if he was able to declare the person free of the disease – initiating a process of purification.

If Memory Serves

Rabbi Dovid Schoonmaker can help you retain the Torah you’ve worked so hard to learn Photos: Elchanan Kotler Rabbi Dovid Schoonmaker spends his days guiding students through the complexities of the Talmud, but how much of what they learn will they remember once they close their tomes? He’s see

Parshat Tazria-Metzora

Parshiot Tazria-Metzora: The Destructive Nature of Gossip - San Diego Jewish World