Metzora

Leviticus 14:1-15:33

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    Text Studies

    Recipe For Purity by Hannah Graham
    Provided by Hillel’s Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Learning, which creates educational resources for Jewish organizations on college campuses.

    Sensitivity To Speech by Rabbi Jordan D. Cohen
    Provided by KOLEL--The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning, which is affiliated with Canada's Reform movement.

    The Cursed House by Rabbi Fred Reiner
    Provided by the Union for Reform Judaism, the central body of Reform Judaism in North America.

    Commentaries

    Embracing the Modern Day Metzora by Rachel Farbiarz
    Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing global justice through grassroots change.

    Leper as "Other" by Lydia Bloom
    Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing global justice through grassroots change.

    Making Room for the Leper by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky
    Provided by the Jewish Outreach Institute, an organization dedicated to creating a more open and welcoming Judaism.

    Reaching Out To The Isolated by Dvora Weisberg
    Provided by CLAL: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, a multi-denominational think tank and resource center.

    Is It Blasphemous To Heal People? by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
    Provided by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, which ordains Conservative rabbis at the University of Judaism.

    The Subtleties Of One Letter by Rabbi Avraham Fischer
    Provided by the Orthodox Union, the central coordinating agency for North American Orthodox congregations.

    Modern Untouchables: Our Sins Of Exclusion by Rabbi Justin David
    Provided by SocialAction.com, an on-line Jewish magazine dedicated to pursuing justice, building community, and repairing the world.

     

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