Tazria - Metzora - 2023

Chevre, this week’s parsha is תַּזְרִיעַּ - מְצֹרָע (Tazria - Metzora) and it’s Rosh Chodesh (Friday and Shabbat). Most of our double portion is talking about Tzarat, which doesn’t have a good translation into English, but is usually translated as leprosy. The problem with that translation is that Tzarat is considered a spiritual illness. A person, a person’s house or belongings would come down with Tzarat for some kind of spiritual issue the person had.