Parshat Tazria

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Laws of ritual purity after childbirth and the diagnosis and treatment of tzaraat (skin afflictions). Leviticus 12:1-13:59.

Paths of Judgment and Circumcision

Philo The Midrash of Philo 14:2

It's a practice deeply rooted in Jewish law, but when you really stop and think about it, some tough questions arise. Philo, the 1st-century Jewish philosopher from Alexandria, gra...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Tazria 1

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Tazria 1

(Lev. 12:2:) “When a woman emits her seed and bears a male.” This text is related (to Job 29:2), “O that I were as in the months of old, [as in the days when God watched over me]!”...

Job

Midrash Tanchuma, Tazria 2

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Tazria 2

Another interpretation (of Lev. 12:2), “and bears a male”: This text is related (to I Sam. 2:2), “There is no holy one like the Lord, for there is none beside You.” What is the mea...

Torah

Midrash Tanchuma, Tazria 3

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Tazria 3

Another interpretation (of Lev. 12:2), “When a woman emits her seed [and bears a male]”: If the woman comes first, she bears a male; if the man comes first, [she bears] a female.8B...

Torah

Midrash Tanchuma, Tazria 4

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Tazria 4

(Lev. 12:6:) “And when the days of her purification are fulfilled [for either a son or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb in its first year for a burnt offering….]” Why does sh...

Sacrifice

Midrash Tanchuma, Tazria 6

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Tazria 6

(Lev. 13:2:) “When anyone has [on the skin of his flesh a swelling or a sore or a bright spot].” This text is related (to Job 38:25), “Who split open a channel for the flow (shtp) ...

Judgment

Midrash Tanchuma, Tazria 7

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Tazria 7

(Lev. 13:2) “When anyone has on the skin of his flesh.” Why does it not say, “Speak unto the Children of Israel,” just as it says in all the [other] sections22In the Pentateuch the...

Torah

Midrash Tanchuma, Tazria 8

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Tazria 8

(Lev. 13:2:) “When anyone has on the skin of his flesh.” This text is related (to Hab. 1:7), “Terrible and dreadful [is that one].”27In the biblical context THAT ONE is the nation ...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Tazria 9

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Tazria 9

(Lev. 13:2), “When anyone has on the skin of his flesh.” This text is related (to Ps. 5:5), “For You are not a God who delights in wickedness. [This verse is] to teach you that the...

Judgment