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Are we pure or impure? April 13, 2024 The root of the Hebrew word Tazria is Zera – זרע meaning “seed”. Although Tazria has been translated as “she conceived”, it is better understood as “offspring or descendants but not necessarily as the literal seed of the male as theologians teach. […]
The Power of the Tongue 1 Iyar “I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and hers; it shall bruise your head and you’ll bruise his heel”. Bereshit 3:15 Parashat Tazria Metzora develops a theme which, from the beginning of creation has been a […]
1 Nisan 5782 To listen to the recording, click https://youtu.be/NDMr5T0_eSk We are in the weeks before Pesach and always before this Moed, many of us find ourselves in a greater spiritual battle than usual. This is normal. We are not only cleaning the chametz (yeast) out of our homes, but we are also cleaning it out of […]
Am I Choosing Life or Death? These double parashiot Tazria – Metzora speak of being tahor – טָהוֹר and tamei – טָמֵא which are normally translated as pure and impure or clean and unclean but Rabbi Percy or as he signed his name – Ranebi, taught us that it’s better to use the words presentable and unpresentable. Tahor […]
Are the Spiritual and Physical Connected? Iyar 1 5780 In the first part of the double Parashot, Tazria – Metzora, at first glance Tazria seems to corroborate the idea that has filtered down throughout the ages, that women are dirty during their time of menstruation. At the time when this was inscribed, women had less […]
The Right Roles of Men and Women; neither superior nor inferior! 1 Nisan 5776 We live in a world where male and female roles have been reversed. Men want to be women and women want to be men. The Feminist movement actually did more harm to society with their brand of gender equality than they […]
