Parsha Metzora
14:1 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 This
shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought
unto the priest. 3 And
the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and,
behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;
The Leper
(Metzora) is declared Tumay by the Cohain and is declared Tahor by a Cohain.
The Cohain is an expert in skin condition an equivalent to a dermatologist.
4 then
shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two living
clean birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
In the
vicinity of the Mikdash was an area where Korbanos and other items were sold.
The Metzora purchased the birds, wood, scarlet and long stalks of Asov.
5 And
the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over
running water.
This is not
the usual ritual slaughter but killing or slaughtering the bird with a sharp
thumbnail on the neck of the bird. This is only for the required bird Korbanos
in the Mikdash as is used only for the various types of pigeons-doves. But to
eat this type of bird outside the Mikdash even in Yerushalayim would require
normal Shechita (ritual slaughter).
6 As
for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar-wood, and the scarlet, and
the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird
that was killed over the running water. 7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from
the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let go the
living bird into the open field.
You have
just sprinkled blood of the other pigeon on that bird and then shall you let
the other go. There must be a mystical reason for this. I have not had the time
to study in depth. The only thing that I can tell you is what I heard from Dr.
& Rabbi Zev Vilna, Cardiologist at Tel HaShomer Hospital. He told me that
he said to me that once he saw identical twins suffering from Jaundice. One
twin was more modern in his outlook and trusted in modern medicine. The other
more of a traditional Yemenite Jew. His friends snuck in doves and placed one
on his and freed it. He recovered quickly will the other brother with modern
medicine took a long time to recover!
8 And
he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair,
and bathe himself in water, and he shall be clean; and after that he may come
into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days.
He still is
a purified Metzora and his tent is Tumay. The contents may have to be purified
depending on the item.
9 And
it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head
and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off; and he
shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and he shall be
clean.
This is the
finalization of him becoming Tahor and he goes through this embarrassment as he
had embarrassed others with Lashon Hara.
10 And
on the eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb
of the first year without blemish, and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine
flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
These
Korbanos complete his atonement.
11 And
the priest that cleans him shall set the man that is to be cleansed, and those
things, before the LORD, at the door of the tent of meeting. 12 And the priest shall take one
of the he-lambs, and offer him for a guilt-offering, and the log of oil, and
wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD. 13 And he shall kill the he-lamb in the place where they slaughter the sin-offering and the burnt-offering, in the place of the
sanctuary; for as the sin-offering is the priest's, so is the guilt-offering;
it is most holy.
For those
who read this in color can see that I changed the JPS 1917 translation in King
James English from kill to slaughter for kill can be chopping off the head,
strangling. Etc.
14 And
the priest shall take of the blood of the guilt-offering, and the priest shall
put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon
the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.
Even when
Aaron and sons were ordained they had a ceremony with the anointing on the
right toe, right hand and right ear lobe. Right is always viewed as the Yetzer
HaTov in Kabbalah and why these three places is perhaps for walking, using the
hand purely and listening never again to Lashon Hara but it is also deeper than
this.
15 And
the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own
left hand.
The Cohain
is pure but the oil going on his left hand is probably a sign of removing the
Yetzer HaRa.
16 And
the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and
shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.
The
significance of 7 is that he should not listen to Lashon Hara all the week.
17 And
of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of
the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right
hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the
guilt-offering.
To have
excess for sprinkling and for anointing, the Cohain had to pour a generous
portion of oil.
18 And
the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of
him that is to be cleansed; and the priest shall make atonement for him before
the LORD. 19 And the
priest shall offer the sin-offering, and make atonement for him that is to be
cleansed because of his uncleanness; and afterward he shall slaughter the burnt-offering.
First the
Torah told us what we needed for atonement. Now we are told the exact process
of how it was done.
20 And
the priest shall offer the burnt-offering and the meal-offering upon the altar;
and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
This time,
the Metzora is finally cured and clean and can return to normal society
temporarily had to look out without eyelids.
21 And
if he be poor, and his means suffice not, then he shall take one he-lamb for a
guilt-offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth part of an
ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering, and a log of
oil; 22 and two
turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, such as his means suffice for; and the one
shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering.
The Torah
takes into account abject poverty and allows the Ahni (destitute person) to
bring a minimum offering.
23 And
on the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing unto the priest, unto
the door of the tent of meeting, before the LORD. 24 And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt-offering,
and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before
the LORD. 25 And he
shall kill the lamb of the guilt-offering, and the priest shall take of the
blood of the guilt-offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him
that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the
great toe of his right foot. 26 And
the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand. 27 And the priest shall sprinkle
with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times
before the LORD. … 32 This is the law of him in whom
is the plague of leprosy, whose means suffice not for that which pertains to
his cleansing.
Now comes Leprosy on the house and its stones and this appears to
be some sort of mold. The only good thing about it is that the Tsoras is on the
house and not on the body of a person.
33 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: 34 When ye are come into the land of Canaan, which I give to
you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of
your possession; 35 then
he that owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying: 'There seems to
me to be as it were a plague in the house.' 36 And the priest shall command that they empty the house,
before the priest go in to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not
made unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house.
For at this
point everything is Tahor and once removed from the house will not get Tuma.
37 And
he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the
house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and the appearance thereof be lower
than the wall; 38 then
the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the
house seven days. 39 And
the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look; and, behold, if
the plague be spread in the walls of the house; 40 then the priest shall command that they take out the
stones in which the plague is, and cast them into an unclean place without the
city.
The wall or
walls of the house have to be removed and dismantled.
41 And
he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour
out the mortar that they scrape off without the city into an unclean
place. 42 And they
shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he
shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house. 43 And if the plague come again,
and break out in the house, after that the stones have been taken out, and
after the house hath been scraped, and after it is plastered; 44 then the priest shall come in
and look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a malignant
leprosy in the house: it is unclean.45 And
he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and
all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into
an unclean place. 46 Moreover
he that goes into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean
until the even. 47 And
he that lies in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eats in the house
shall wash his clothes.
It would be
preferable to sleep outside of such a home but not everytime that is practical.
48 And
if the priest shall come in, and look, and, behold, the plague hath not spread
in the house, after the house was plastered; then the priest shall pronounce
the house clean, because the plague is healed. 49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and
cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. 50 And he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel
over running water. 51 And
he shall take the cedar-wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living
bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water,
and sprinkle the house seven times. 52 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird,
and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar-wood,
and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet. 53 But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into
the open field; so shall he make atonement for the house; and it shall be
clean. 54 This is the
law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and for a scall; 55 and for the leprosy of a
garment, and for a house; 56 and
for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot; 57 to teach when it is unclean,
and when it is clean; this is the law of leprosy.
Similar to
the atonement on the body of a person, the atonement here is on the cleansing
of the house.
15: 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and to Aaron, saying: 2 Speak unto the children of
Israel, and say unto them: When any man hath an issue out of his flesh, his
issue is unclean. 3 And
this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his
issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. 4 Every bed whereon he that hath
the issue lies shall be unclean; and everything whereon he sits shall be
unclean.
This is Zav
(a male with running seed or a Zava is a female with bleeding from her privates
that does not stop like a period). The Tuma is more powerful and is Av HaTuma.
Sitting on the same couch or even like a leather bus or train seat joined
together can make the other person Tumay.
5 And
whosoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,
and be unclean until the even. 6 And
he that sits on anything whereon he that hath the issue sat shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 7 And he that touches the flesh
of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,
and be unclean until the even. … 19 And
if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be in
her impurity seven days; and whosoever touches her shall be unclean until the
even. … 28 But if she
be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and
after that she shall be clean. 29 And
on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtle-doves, or two young
pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tent of
meeting. 30 And the
priest shall offer the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a
burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before the LORD for
the issue of her uncleanness. 31 Thus
shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die
not in their uncleanness, when they defile My tabernacle that is in the midst
of them. 32 This is
the law of him that hath an issue, and of him from whom the flow of seed goes
out, so that he is unclean thereby; 33 and of her that is sick with her impurity, and of them
that have an issue, whether it be a man, or a woman; and of him that lies with
her that is unclean.
This
is the story of Zav and Zava and Meseches Shabbos first Chapter forbids them to
eat at the same table lest they get too congenial being that they both have the
same Tuma.
A
Global Change by Rabbi Yerachmiel Tilles http://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1113-31
It was the custom of the
Lubavitcher Rebbe to write annual general letters on the occasion of
various holidays and milestones throughout the year. These letters were
addressed to "all Jewish sons and daughters wherever they may be,"
and delivered an inspiring message pertaining to some aspect of the upcoming
holiday. Although originally written in Yiddish, they were translated into
various languages and disseminated throughout the globe.
The Hebrew translations to these letters were written by renowned author
and educator, Rabbi Tuvia Blau. Because he was based in Israel, and internet
and fax were not yet in use, the Rebbe did not review or edit these
translations. However, when the Hebrew magazine Kfar Chabad began to publish
the letters, the Rebbe would review every issue before publication and edit the
letters.
Once, in the 1980's, after the Rebbe returned the magazine with the
edits, Rabbi Blau and the editor of the "Kfar Chabad" Magazine, Rabbi
Aaron-Dov Halperin, noticed something unusual. In the original Yiddish letter,
the Rebbe used the term "Yid," ordinarily translated as
"Jew," or in Hebrew, Yehudi. But wherever Rabbi Blau had used the
term "Yehudi" in his Hebrew translation, the Rebbe changed it to
"Adam," person.
Rabbi Halperin could not contain his curiosity and called one of the
Rebbe's secretary-attendants, Rabbi Leibel Groner, to clarify the matter. Rabbi
Groner had no explanation. "This is most unusual to me, too."
Several weeks later Rabbi Halperin had to travel from Israel to New
York. His flight had a stopover in Paris where he changed planes. During the
first leg of his journey, until Paris, Rabbi Halperin found himself seated next
to an Israeli-Arab Knesset member, Muchmad (Eng.: Mohammed) Watid of the
Marxist-associated "Mapam" party (Mifleget HaPoalim HaMeuhedet --
lit. "United Workers Party"). They began to chat.
Rabbi Halperin relates:
" The purpose of his trip was to meet with members of the PLO in New York! We exchanged views on various political matters, although naturally we disagreed strongly. However, he knew how to present his views in a cultured and fascinating way. I realized that Mr. Watid was a brilliant man with a profound intellect."
" The purpose of his trip was to meet with members of the PLO in New York! We exchanged views on various political matters, although naturally we disagreed strongly. However, he knew how to present his views in a cultured and fascinating way. I realized that Mr. Watid was a brilliant man with a profound intellect."
"My biggest surprise came when Watid said to me, 'I must admit that
I am captivated by the personality of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Although I
disagree completely with his political views, I strongly admire him as a
person. I regularly read his public letters which are printed in the
newspapers, and his philosophical views, as they are interpreted for day-to-day
life, are stimulating.'
"As I was digesting what Watid had just told me, he began to review
for me the entire content of the Rebbe's most recent public letter, which was
the very one which the Rebbe had us change the word "Jew" to
"person!"
"'By the way,' Mr. Watid told me, 'recently a number of party
members had protested the inclusion of the Rebbe's letters in the party's
Socialist-Zionist affiliated newspaper, Al Hamishmar, and almost secured
agreement to stop printing them. I got up and argued that in spite of my
fundamental disagreement with all the Rebbe's political stances, it would be a
shame for this reason to deny thousands of readers the profound philosophical
message in these letters, which speaks even to an Arab like me. My words were
convincing enough to influence them to continue the printing!'"
After Rabbi Halperin landed in New York, he went to the world
headquarters of the Chabad movement, the Rebbe's synagogue in Crown Heights,
Brooklyn (known by its address, 770). He went into the office of the Rebbe's
secretariat and met one of them, Rabbi Binyamin Klein. He told Rabbi Klein
about his experiences on the flight, and also shared the fact that the Rebbe
had changed the word "Jew" to "person." They both agreed
that probably the Rebbe foresaw that an intelligent non-Jew was being
positively influenced by his letters, and decided to address them to
"people" rather than "Jews."
Later that day, Rabbi Halperin composed a letter to the Rebbe about his
in-air encounter with the Arab Knesset member. He gave the report to Rabbi
Klein and asked him to give it to the Rebbe.
An hour later, Rabbi Klein found Rabbi Halperin and reported to him that
the Rebbe had responded to his letter, without even reading it yet.
"I drove the Rebbe from his house to 770. The Rebbe asked me,
'What's new? Did someone just arrive from Israel?' I told the Rebbe that you
had just arrived, and told him the story of your encounter with the Arab
Knesset member. I also said that you were curious about the changes to the
letter."
The Rebbe listened to the report with great satisfaction. At the end he
smiled broadly and asked, "Did he [the Arab Knesset member] not realize
that the letter was addressed to 'All Jewish sons and daughters'? That didn't
bother him?"
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Source: Adapted and supplemented by Yerachmiel Tilles from http//chabad4israel.org/oldevnt/2015/aarondovstory.shtml
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Source: Adapted and supplemented by Yerachmiel Tilles from http//chabad4israel.org/oldevnt/2015/aarondovstory.shtml
Biographical note: Mr. Muhammed Watid (1 June 1937 - 24 September 1994)
was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Marxist Mapam
faction of the left-wing Labor party in the Knesset between 1981 and 1988. He
was the editor of the Arabic-language version of the party's newspaper, "Al
HaMishmar". After leaving politics, he managed and edited the "Kul
al-Arab" newspaper, and later ran a public relations firm. In 1994 he was
killed in a fatal traffic collision.
Connection: Seasonal--the 117th anniversary of the birth of the
Lubavitcher Rebbe on Tuesday, 11 Nissan 5779 (April 16)
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Scottish
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Bennett
and Shaked sing song to gain votes. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261462
Final
Public Opinion Polls. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261444
Israeli
Arabs are undecided and divided for the elections. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5490758,00.html
Charedi
Papers blast Ganz. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261537
NYC
dealing with measles epidemic in 4 Charedi Communities. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261606
UTJ
promises to help Sephardim. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261606
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misses the threshold by 30,000 seats. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261651
New
Right is short of 4,300 votes to cross threshold and may get in with soldier’s
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These guys learned from Broward and Palm Beach
counties in FL. The Times
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settlements show more ballots were submitted than eligible voters, with the
Union of Right-Wing Parties profiting from the apparent irregularities:
In the northern West Bank
settlement of Peduel, voter turnout was 113% with 894 ballots cast and 789
residents who were eligible to vote. In the southern West Bank settlement of
Negohot, voter turnout was 143% with 125 ballots cast and 87 residents who were
eligible to vote. In the ultra-Orthodox West Bank settlement of Modiin Illit,
voter turnout was 104% with 19,989 ballots cast and 19,103 residents who were
eligible to vote. In the northern West Bank settlement of Bruchin voter turnout
was 167%, with 385 ballots cast and 230 residents who were eligible to vote.
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German
train car from WWII to be on display on VE Day in NY. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5487360,00.html
Labor
Party shake-up in lieu of the election failure. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261729
Inyanay Diyoma
Israel
may face massive cyberattacks on election day: https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5489568,00.html
Iran
has troubles. https://www.debka.com/trumps-blacklisting-of-irans-guards-bodes-tougher-us-oil-sanctions-more-idf-air-strikes-in-w-iraq-as-well-as-syria/
Israel
will need an austerity plan. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5488966,00.html
Suspect
arrested in OK antisemitic incident. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261420
Senator
calls for mutual defense treaty. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261471
Weekly
riots dozens injured. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261450
Arab
who joined ISIS to lose Israeli Citizenship. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261439
Muslim
Dr. fired after tweets “give Jews the wrong medicines”. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261430
Turkish
Synagogue is fire bombed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261423
Hamas
threatens Tel Aviv if there is another war. Netanyahu’s policy of money for
quiet will cost us dearly. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261459
Israeli
Elections. Gimmicks and false pledges don’t work on the voters any more. The average Israel says he doesn’t’
believe the party leaders and their election promises, or trust the polls and,
least of all, the media coverage of both. https://www.debka.com/motor-cycle-rider-in-smart-gear-wont-buy-israeli-voter-nor-empty-pledges-of-annexation/
Ed-Op
Ben Dror Yemeni the politics of identity is failing. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5491168,00.html
The
US Government is in violation of an act of Congress to repay the Revolutionary
War Debit to the Benyamin Touro Family but the extreme black community wants
reparations. https://www.theblaze.com/news/former-aclu-leader-reparations-scam
Monument
of mass graves of holocaust victims vandalized. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261535
Texas
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Charedi
Papers blast Ganz. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261537
Israeli
Arabs are undecided and divided for the elections. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5490758,00.html
97.3%
of the votes in: https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5492086,00.html
Likud
35, Blue and White 35, Shas 8, United Torah Judaism 8, Labor 6, Lieberman 6,
Meretz 5, Kulanu 5, two Arab Parties 9?
10
Knesset seats wasted on over 30 smaller parties. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5492246,00.html
Bederman
Ed-Ops. https://dianebederman.com/hate-incidents-all-start-with-words/ https://dianebederman.com/exposed-george-clooney-a-closet-islamophobe/
Dr.
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Deadly
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Bang
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Final
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Assuage
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Ben
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Australian
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Denver
Swastika burned in asphalt near school. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261761
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Have
a wonderful Shabbos special Sefiras HaOmer issue next week,
Rachamim
Pauli
