{"id":2194,"date":"2013-04-07T11:12:55","date_gmt":"2013-04-07T11:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=2194"},"modified":"2013-04-07T11:12:55","modified_gmt":"2013-04-07T11:12:55","slug":"bits-of-torah-truths-parshiot-tazria-and-metzora-the-lord-who-makes-us-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/bits-of-torah-truths-parshiot-tazria-and-metzora-the-lord-who-makes-us-clean\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits of Torah Truths, Parshiot Tazria and Metzora, The Lord Who makes us Clean"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this weeks double portion from Parshiot Tazria\/Metzora (Vayikra \/ Leviticus 12:1-15:33<\/i>) the Lord speaks to Moshe on the topic of uncleanness.\u00a0 When a woman gives birth she will be unclean for seven days similar to the days of her menstruation (12:1-2<\/i>).\u00a0 The eighth day the child is to be circumcised (12:4<\/i>).\u00a0 Following the birth of a boy, the woman is to remain in the blood of her purification for thirty days and she is not to touch any consecrated thing nor enter into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete (12:4<\/i>).\u00a0 For the female child she will be unclean for two weeks and remain in the blood of her purification for two months (60 days).\u00a0 After this time, the woman is to bring a young lamb as an Olah Korban (Whole burnt offering) before the Lord and this is used to cleanse her for the flow of her blood.\u00a0 If she cannot afford the lamb, she is to bring two turtle doves or two pigeons for a sin offering (12:5-8<\/i>).\u00a0 Then the Scriptures speak saying the Priest is to inspect the person showing the signs of Tzaraat (13:1-46<\/i>).\u00a0 The person found to have Tzaraat then is to remain outside of the camp and the Scriptures say 13:45 \u2018As for the leper who has the infection, his clothes shall be torn, and the hair of his head shall be uncovered, and he shall cover his mustache and cry, \u2018Unclean! Unclean!\u2019\u00a0 13:46 \u2018He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean. He shall live alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.\u00a0 (NASB)<\/i>\u00a0 The Lord goes on stating that a garment (wool, linen, or leather) is also able to contract Tzaraat (13:47<\/i>).\u00a0 These linen garments are quarantined for seven days and reexamined to see if the Tzaraat is spreading.\u00a0 This most likely is a fungal mold that may be very hazardous to our health.\u00a0 If the garment is found to contain Tzaraat it is to be burned with fire (13:51-52<\/i>).\u00a0 When the priest looks and the Tzaraat in the garment has not spread, the garment is washed and if the spot remains, the garment is to be declared unclean and it is to be burned with fire.\u00a0 If the mark is faded after washing, the mark is to be torn out of the garment, washed a second time, and inspected to be certain the Tzaraat has not reappeared in the garment (13:56-59<\/i>).\u00a0 According to the Scriptures, the garment is to be carefully inspected.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u05db\u05ea\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e7\u05d5\u05d3\u05e9 \/ The Holy Scriptures<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d5\u05d9\u05e7\u05e8\u05d0 \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05d9\u05d2<\/span><\/p>\n

\u05de\u05d7\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05e8\u05b6\u05d1 \u05dc\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc-\u05de\u05b0\u05dc\u05b6\u05d0\u05db\u05b6\u05ea \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8: \u05de\u05d8\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b8\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b6\u05d2\u05b7\u05e2 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05e7 | \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b6\u05d2\u05b6\u05d3 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9-\u05d1\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b0\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9-\u05d1\u05b8\u05e2\u05b5\u05e8\u05b6\u05d1 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc-\u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05e0\u05b6\u05d2\u05b7\u05e2 \u05e6\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d4\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05df:<\/span><\/p>\n

Vayikra \/ Leviticus 13:48-49<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

13:48 whether in warp or woof, of linen or of wool, whether in leather or in any article made of leather, 13:49 if the mark is greenish or reddish in the garment or in the leather, or in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, it is a leprous mark and shall be shown to the priest. (NASB)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Studying the text very carefully, the Scriptures say \u05de\u05d7\u00a0 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05e8\u05b6\u05d1 \u05dc\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc-\u05de\u05b0\u05dc\u05b6\u05d0\u05db\u05b6\u05ea \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8:<\/span> where the word \u05d1\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 <\/span>may be translated as “to lay the foundation, fix the warp, start the loom,”<\/i> and “to weave, in the mixture of the flax”<\/i> according to Marcus Jastrow lexicon (A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushlami, and the Midrashic Literature<\/i>), in\u00a0 addition to this, the scripture describes the job of the priest to inspect the “boundary or border”<\/i> (\u05d1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05e8\u05b6\u05d1 \u05dc\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd<\/span>), the “wool, fleece, pelage”<\/i> (\u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b6\u05e8<\/span>), “in the skin”<\/i> (\u05d1\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8<\/span>), and “in all the work of the skin” <\/i>(\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc-\u05de\u05b0\u05dc\u05b6\u05d0\u05db\u05b6\u05ea \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8<\/span>).\u00a0 According to Vayikra \/ Leviticus 13:48<\/i>, the priest inspects down to the very foundation of the clothing, the connecting materials, the flax, the wool, the manufacturing, and the weaving of the linens that make up the garment.\u00a0 Inspection for the disease (Tzaraat\/Leprosy) is to be very meticulous.\u00a0 Studying these Scriptures on Tzaraat in linen garments, and the seriousness of the disease, calls us to inspect our lives were hidden sin may lay as a foundation of rottenness making us unclean before the Lord.\u00a0 According to the Scriptures only the Priest could diagnose Tzaraat.\u00a0 The reason being, Tzaraat was a spiritual malady that required spiritual discernment to both diagnose and treat.\u00a0 When someone was found to have Tzaraat, they were forced to leave the community and undergo a period of mourning and Teshuvah (repentance).\u00a0 Before the leper is reintegrated into the community of believers, he must undergo inspection by the high priest, kept aside for seven days and then reexamined, and only then is the person cleansed and purified through the ashes of the Red Heifer (Vayikra \/ Leviticus chapter 14<\/i>).\u00a0 In the Apostolic writings, Yeshua cleansed many lepers during the course of His ministry.\u00a0 Yeshua spoke with greater authority than Moshe (Matthew 5:21-48<\/i>), and it was only God and His Messiah Yeshua who could heal one from Tzaraat.\u00a0 According to the Scriptures Yeshua laid down his life for ours, doing so to take away our Tsaraat (Uncleanness and Sin) the purpose was to make us righteous and holy before the author of life, the Lord God Almighty.\u00a0 Hallelujah! BTT_Parashat Tazria-Metzora-2013<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this weeks double portion from Parshiot Tazria\/Metzora (Vayikra \/ Leviticus 12:1-15:33) the Lord speaks to Moshe on the topic of uncleanness.\u00a0 When a woman gives birth she will be unclean for seven days similar to the days of her menstruation (12:1-2).\u00a0 The eighth day the child is to be circumcised (12:4).\u00a0 Following the birth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2194","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-bits-of-torah-truth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}