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Leprosy and Health? Double Portion Tazria Metzora

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Leprosy and Health? Double Portion Tazria Metzora

In America they're still reading Shemini – which we read in Israel Last Shabbat

The healing and "normalizing" discussed in these portions usually end with:

"the one who brings the Offerings stands at the entrance to the Tabernacle ..."

What's so "normalizing" about that?

Should all these items - of leprosy or personal "tumah" ( spiritual impurity)

Be brought to the front of the Temple – AREN'T THEY ALL PERSONAL?

So here we should TUNE INTO the TORAH!

We are individuals –

And also part of a Social Order of Israelites – the children of G-d.

The Kohains (with help from everyone else)

are supposed to maintain the Temple to create JOY –

the JOY of BEING CONNECTED – even if

SOMETIMES we are FAR AWAY – but are ALWAYS CONNECTED!

To the TOTALITY OF ISRAEL AND THE THEME OF THE ALMIGHTY

On Passover we learned how to BECOME free

At the crossing of the Red Sea (or Black Sea) we learned how to REMAIN free

But we were given a Temple and Ceremonies to BE HAPPY TO BE FREE!

The portions say: when we have kids – we bring offerings to the temple –

and SHARE

And when we were impure or sick – we bring offerings and stand before the temple –

and we rejoice in G-d's eternity and the eternal commandments

Like: the 49 Days of Counting and Anticipation: SO

today count "the 13th day of the counting of the Omer,a week and 6 days"

And tomorrow

You just say (tonight after dark or tomorrow on SHABBAT – it's 14 days ...

And you learn to thank G-d FOR EVERY DAY

For every NEW DAY

For every chance to DO GOOD, do some Mitzvas – easy ones like counting

And some that are harder – BUT ALL ARE PART OF THE ALMIGHTY'S PLAN

Shabbat Shalom

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz