Teachings I learned about double parsha Tazria and Metzora.
These cover quarantine procedures for a skin disease -- not leprosy. It's a system for protecting the community from what is probably a bacterial infection, that they understood as a spiritual sickness.
A Spiritual Wellness Check Up: Examining My Metaphorical Case of Tzara’at
This week's double Torah portion, Tazria - M'tzora, is about a serious skin disease called tzara'at. We learn from the Talmud that tzara'at could be contracted by speaking lashon hara : "Reish Lakish ...
