Tazría means “if she concieved” The title of this parashah is “tazria” which literally means “when a woman conceives”. Then, specific commandments concerning her purification after delivering a baby –depending if it is a boy or girl- are given. At the end of this parashah, we have attached a very instructive material (Metsora) addressing the concepts of ritual purification, immersion, or tevilah. First Aliyah 12:1-5 12:2 “Speak unto the children of Yisrael, saying, ‘If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean’.” –After child delivery, women were forbidden to enter the Tabernacle during forty days if it was a boy and eighty days if it was a girl. After this time, the mother was responsible to bring the sin offerings and sacrifices (Jatat) then she would be ritually clean to partake of the consecrated food of the Tabernacle. In other words, seven days after giving birth, she would do tevilah in the mikveh and her cleanness was restored, however, she was not clean to partake of the consecrated offerings. Therefore, it is not until the sacrifices were presented, according to what it is prescribed in the Torah (if the child was a boy or a girl) that she was apt to partake of the consecrated offerings. We can see two moments of ritual purification here. The first, seven days after child birth, the second after thirty-three days for a baby boy and sixty-six days for a baby girl –this offering is presented the following day, that is, after the thirty-third day or the sixty-sixth day. Therefore, the first purification comes by water after seven or fourteen days. The second purification is made by means of a sin offering. Metzorah1 means “he who has tzaraat” First Aliyah 14:1-12 14:2-3 “This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: and the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper.” –The first step in order to know if the tzaraat has been removed, the individual affected with tzaraat, was to be examined by the Kohen in order to confirm that he was clean. Tzaraat is a typology of sin and as such, only a miracle by Yahweh could heal that person. In this time and age, the ministers and pastors ordained by Elohim are the ones who protect and take care of the flock ministering all the members of the kehilah. They tend to the spiritual health of the members and make sure 1 ע ָ רֹצְמ participle for ערצ H6879 which means to be affected with the plague of tzaraat (leprosy). (Note of translator). that no plagues are upon them by exhorting them to be obedient, to have a good understanding of the Scriptures, and to excel in love and fellowship with one another. That is the unity that Mashiaj wishes for us (Yohanan/John 17; Tehilim/Psalm 133). In passing, as a reminder, we must never forget the passage of Miryam, Moshe’s sister. 14:4 “Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: and the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water: as for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water: and he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. .” –This ritual was part of the purification. There is no purification without sacrifice (and without shedding of blood is no remission of sins). Nowadays, without the Bet Hamikdash (Temple) or the Mishkan (Tabernacle) or the Levitical priesthood (Kehunah), our sacrifices are still valid by dying to our egos and allowing Yeshua to govern our lives. Rab Shaul said: “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of Yahweh, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto Yahweh, which is your reasonable service (Romanyim/Romans 12:1).” Our sweet savor offerings consist of personal devotionals,
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