Tazria
Achievement Fatigue
Posted by Rabbi Avi Heller | Tags: Tazria
A strange thing happened to me after I ran my first marathon: I fell to pieces. I don't mean physically, though I was VERY sore for a few days. For a few weeks, I lost my focus at work, was irritable at home and felt a little depressed and out-of it. I could not seem to muster enthusiasm for...
My Weekly Drash (a mini D'var Torah) - Tazria/Metzora
Posted by Daniel M. Kimmel | Tags: Tazria
A major subject in this week's double portion of Tazria/Metzora has to do with ritual impurity. One group of people deemed ritually impure who were required to bring sacrifices were women who had given birth. We're told, "The priest shall make expiation on her behalf; and she shall be pure." (Lev....
My video divrei Torah on parasha Tazria from Youtube.com by Rabbi Jonathan Ginsburg
Posted by Jonathan Ginsburg | Tags: Tazria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6uUA3VABqE
My Weekly Drash (a mini D'var Torah) - Tazria
Posted by Daniel M. Kimmel | Tags: Tazria
“As for the person with a leprous affection, his clothes shall be rent, his head shall be left bare, and he shall cover over his upper lip; and shall call out, ‘Impure! Impure!” (Lev. 13:45). Parshah Tazria is not an easy text for modern readers, and this verse sounds like the goal is to humiliate...
