Parshah • April 2022
Metzorah – Breathe Easy
When Moshe Rabbeinu first approached his enslaved brothers and sisters, they ignored him. Rashi notes their breathing was stressfully shallow and short. A person of faith sidesteps anxiety and stress…
Parshah • April 2021
Metzorah – For a Seed to Grow
A seed needs soil for it to grow. It also needs the gardener to till the soil. The human seed needs the mother’s womb for nurture. The future child’s growth…
Parshah • April 2019
Metzorah – Your Spiritual Retreat
We noted last week a skin condition of former times called Tzara’at. This week we learn that the sufferer, known as the Metzorah (the name of this week’s Parsha), had…
Parshah • April 2018
Metzorah – Birthing, Renewal, and Human Responsibility
Giving birth is the most G-d-like phenomenon that humans display. Yet all aspects of creation are birthed, mature, age, and decompose – only to experience renewal again – the cycle…
Parshah • April 2016
Metzorah – Personal Retreat – One Step Backward and Two Steps Forward
For certain infractions and infectious diseases, people were quarantined outside the camp. Sometimes it is important to self-impose a quarantine – called a personal retreat. The idea of Cheshbon Nefesh…
Parshah • April 2014
Metzorah – Why do bad things happen to good people?
Metzora is an ancient illness and its relationship to Lashon Hara — speaking ill of another. When bad things (illness) happen to good people it challenges our faith. Hassidic teachings…