By Ramona Rubin View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet This week’s Torah portion, Metzorah, can teach us about restoring balance both to creation and human society. According to the Jewish tradition, tzaraat, a skin disease described in this week’s portion, is understood to result from loshon hara (gossip, or other derogatory or harmful […]
By Rabbi Natan Greenberg[1] View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet The Torah portion of Tazria discusses sickness and healing, concerning a person who contracts tzaraat. In the case of tzaraat, what manifests as a physical symptom of the skin is not remedied through medical practice. The sick person does not see a […]
By Rabbi Barry Kornblau I once played with a sheep in the morning and then ate it for dinner that night. At the time, I was a non-observant teenager living with a farm family in the French countryside, near the city of Le Mans. They kept a lamb tied up near a hay loft […]
By Candace Nachman Parshas Shemini is dedicated by Baruch and Ora Sheinson, in honor of Aryeh Moshe Sheinson. View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet In this week’s Torah portion, Shemini, the Jewish people are given the laws concerning fish consumption. Leviticus 11:9-12 explains that all creatures in the waters, in the seas, and […]
By Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D. Parshat Tzav is dedicated in memory of Marvin and Jeanne Eder, may their memory be a blessing, by Bob and Barbara Nieder. View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet And that which is left thereof [from the meal-offering] shall Aaron and his sons eat; it shall be eaten […]
