(link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Tazria – Metzora – Yom Haatzmauth When you come into the land of canaan which i am about To give to you as a possession, and i inflict An eruptive plague upon a house in the land you possess… (Vayikra 14: 34-35)   The reason for 'When you come into the land" – For this exists only in the land , because of its high standing, because the Sanctuary is within them and His honor is within...

(link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Tazria – Metzora – Yom Haatzmaut Sound the great shofar for our freedom, Raise high the banner to gather our exiles, And gather us together from the four quarters of the earth (From the Amida prayer)   It is impossible to avoid a clear decision regarding Yom Ha'atzmaut. This day cannot be given a partial evaluation. One view has it that it is not a holiday, but rather a day of mourning: the day the Jewish People rebelled against the Torah. Another view...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Tazria – Metzora When you come to the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as a possession, and I place a lesion of tzara'at upon a house in the land of your possession. (Vayikra 14:34)   …tzara'at of houses is one of the things described in the Torah that lack any relation to actual reality. It is precisely because lesions of houses are very strange – one might say supernatural – that the details mentioned...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Tazria – Metzora The religious establishment has struggled to shape the religious character of Yom Ha'atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim, and this issue continues to engage various sectors of the religious community. It cannot be solved without coming to an understanding of the religious value of the historical events associated with those holidays. Let it be said at the outset: we are not concerned here with the significance of a "prophetic vision" or "messianic destiny" involving "the Kingdom...