parshat Metzora

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

The Torah limits the disease of Tzra'at (according to the Ramban), to the land of Israel. Is that positive or negative?

A Shiur by Rabbi Zalman Melamed for the weekly portion "Tazria-Metzora"

A Shiur by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks for the weekly portion "Tazria- Metzora".

Since the beginning of parshas Tazria discusses the mitzvah of bris milah, it is certainly an appropriate week to discuss:

Sefer Vayikra is full of discussion of korbanot, both public and private. Many explain that the special status of Shabbat Hagadol has to with Bnei Yisrael’s preparations for the Korban Pesach, which they brought in Egypt right before their liberation came to fruition.