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Life, Death and Everything in Between

Weekly Sidra: Tazria-Metzora (Conceived-Leper) Torah Portion: Vayikra / Leviticus 12:1-15:33 Haftorah: Melachim Bet / II Kings 7:3-7:20 There were four men, lepers, outside the gate. They said to one another, "Why should we sit here waiting for death? If we decide to go into the town, what with the famine in the town, we shall die there; and if we just sit here, still we die. Come, let us desert to the Aramean camp. If they let us live, we shall live; and if they put us to death, we shall but die." (Malachim Bet 7:3-4) This week we read two Parashiyot.  One is Tazria meaning she conceives and Metzora which deals with a skin affliction.  This is usually, but incorrectly translated as leprosy.  It is interesting that the first Parashat deals with the ritual of birth and the second one is about a person who is afflicted and the ritual [...]