A Metzora is a person who has Tzaraat, a discoloration of the skin, a punishment that teaches the transgressor that they must mend their ways. What is the meaning of the word Metzora? Metzora is a contraction of the words “Motzi Ra”, one who spreads...
Celebrating Isaac and Amy Halickman’s honor at the Young Israel of Cherry Hill DinnerThe Talmud, Shabbat 87b helps us calculate when the first Shabbat HaGadol (Great Shabbat) took place. According to the Talmud, the 15th of Nisan, the day that B’nai...
In Memory of Seymour Dukovny z”lUp until a few weeks ago, it was natural to discuss plans with friends and relatives abroad about their upcoming trips to Israel. It was not even a thought that someone who could afford a plane ticket would be denied access to...
Sponsored by Sharona and Josh Halickman in Memory of Rivka Haut z”l, Beloved Mother of Sheryl Haut and Tamara Weissman, Activist on Behalf of Agunot and Board Member of Torat Reva Yerushalayim In Parshat Metzora, Vayikra 15:28 we read: “When...
In Parshat Metzora (Vayikra 14:33-34), we read : “God spoke to Moshe and Aharon saying: When you arrive in the Land of C’naan that I gave you as a possession and I will place a Tzaraat affliction upon a house in the Land of your...
In Parshat Metzora we read (Vayikra 15:19): “When a woman has a discharge and the discharge will be blood in her body, for seven days she will be in the state of Nidda (the period of time when she is ritually impure from the day when she first sees blood and...
Sponsored by Sharona, Josh, Dov, Moshe and Yehuda Halickman in Memory of Bunny Leopold z"l Towards the end of Parshat Metzora we read about some of the laws of Taharat HaMishpacha, family purity: (Vayikra 15:19, 28) “When a woman has a discharge- her...
In Parshat Metzora 14:33-34 we read about Tzaraat of the house: “God spoke to Moshe and Aharon saying: When you arrive in the Land of C’naan that I give to you as a possession (achuza) I will place a Tzaraat affliction upon a house in the Land of your...