These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: Tape # 235, Cesarean Section… Read More »Give the Critic a Taste of His Own Medicine
When a woman conceives and gives birth to a male…[1] Chazal’s comment is well known, but little understood. “When a woman emits seed first, she… Read More »Just Compensation
During four periods (of the seven year agricultural cycle) pestilence increases: in the fourth year, in the seventh year, in the year after the seventh… Read More »Chapter 5, Mishna 12: G-d Strikes Back Even Harder
This week we read the double parsha of Tazria-Metzora. These parshios primarily deal with the different types of leprosy’s which afflicted people, their clothing and… Read More »Touched by G-d
“…He shall dwell in isolation; his dwelling shall be outside the camp” (13:46) The Torah teaches us that the Metzorah must remain in isolation, away… Read More »Joy Therapy
It first appears on the skin as a sickly white lesion, and then it begins to spread. It looks like leprosy, but it is not.… Read More »Skin Deep
Tzora’as, the main discussion of the portions of Tazria and Metzorah is an affliction that discolors human skin, clothing, hair, beards and even homes. The… Read More »Holistic Healing
THE LAWS OF spiritual impurity do not have much relevance today for us since we are not really impacted by them. Without a Temple, and… Read More »Spiritual Impurity Today
The sons of Aaron, Nadav and Avihu, each took his fire-pan, they put fire in the them and placed them. A fire came forth from… Read More »Golden Apples
These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1332 – Dunking Your Doughnuts… Read More »Moshe’s Premonition That “Something Like This” Was Going to Happen