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This week’s portion contains the mitzvot (Commandments) on the law of Tsaraat This week’s portion contains the mitzvot (Commandments) on the law of Tsaraat
\n(leprosy). The name Leprosy comes from the Greek “Lepra” (λ?πρα)
\nthat characterized the disease by ulcerations that appear on the skin as scales. The
\nregulation connected to the commandment is found in Vayikra 13 and 14<\/em>,
\nand Bamidbar \/ Numbers 12<\/em><\/font>. In the Scriptures’, this disease was regarded
\nas a direct infliction by God (see Melachim bet \/ 2 Kings 5:7 and
\nDivrei Hayyamim bet \/ 2 Chronicles 26:20<\/em><\/font>) the disease was regarded as an awful punishment
\nfrom the Lord. The disease eats the inward parts, the bones, swelling of the skin, sores, the
\nwhole body is rotting and in Yeshua’s day this was considered death sentence. The leper
\nwas to rent his own cloths in lamentation of his own approaching death and cry out “Unclean!
\nUnclean!” when passers-by came near to keep them away. In those days, it was only God
\nwho could heal a leper. When Yeshua healed ten lepers, was it necessary for him to say “
\nI am the Messiah” in addition to the miracle of healing?
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\n(leprosy). The name Leprosy comes from the Greek “Lepra” (λ?πρα)
\nthat characterized the disease by ulcerations…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1140","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-weekly-parashah"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}