Lessons on Metzora
Tzaraat
Heaven is indeed conscious of our thoughts, actions, speech, and behavior. And that these have consequences both for the good and for the better.
Rabbi Berel Wein | Nissan 7 5782
Leprosy, Exile, & the Final Redemption
Connecting the phenomenon of leprosy of the house, and the steps taken to resolve it, to how the story of the final Redemption will play out.
Rabbi Shimon Cohen | Nissan 7 5782
The Power of Shame
The new social media have brought about a return to an ancient phenomenon, public shaming. Tthis gives us a way of understanding the otherwise bewildering phenomenon of tsara’at.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Nissan 6 5782
The Historical Root of Lashon Hara
From Siach Shaul, p. 326-328 (1944)
Lashon hara is an expression of evil. An evil eye (ayin hara) looks for something or someone who is above it, and upon finding it, poisons the person’s tranquility and does not allow him to enjoy things he could have enjoyed.
Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l | Nissan 5 5782
How to Praise
The Sages were eloquent on the subject of lashon hara, the sin they took to be the cause of tsara’at. But there is a meta-halachic principle: “From the negative you can infer the positive”.Therefore there must in principle be a concept of lashon hatov, good speechץ
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Iyar 3 5781
A Skin Disorder...Only in Israel?
The Torah limits the disease of Tzra'at (according to the Ramban), to the land of Israel. Is that positive or negative?
Baruch Gordon | Nissan 30 5780
The Power of Speech
Metzora 5779
Metzora 5779
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Nisan 6 5779
