Metzora Text Study
Leper as Other
How to create a society that recognizes and meets the needs of ill and marginalized people.
Making Room for the Leper
When we embrace with one hand but push away with the other, it's the push that remains in lasting memory.
Sensitivity To Speech
Rabbinic interpreters regarded leprosy as punishment for the sin of careless speech.
Recipe For Purity
An internal process of repentance must accompany the external, physical cleansing for leprosy.
The Cursed House
The image of a house afflicted with a plague encourages us to examine what real and metaphorical plagues afflict our own homes and societies.
Parashat Metzora: Summary
God describes the purification ritual for people and homes afflicted with leprosy; God also instructs Moses and Aaron regarding the laws of the emission of bodily fluids.
Modern Untouchables: Our Sins Of Exclusion
Parshat Metzora calls attention to how we treat those who are excluded and alienated from our society.
The Subtleties Of One Letter
We can learn numerous lessons from the statement of the owner of a house that appears to be afflicted with spiritual defilement.
Reaching Out To The Isolated
Just as the priest went out from the community to welcome back those afflicted with leprosy, we too should reach out to those who feel excluded.