Category: Tazria
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Tazria 5782: “Verbs and Nouns and Complicated Identity”
At our Passover seder, we take turns reading the paragraphs of Maggid. Each participant around the table reads a paragraph, in whichever language they wish, from whichever edition of the Hagadah they select from our collection…
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Tazria 5779: “Identity and Stigmatization”
There are two theories of tumah v’taharah. There are two ways of thinking about the vast system of purity and impurity laws that dominate so much of the middle sections of Vayikra. One position, which was…
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Tazria 5774: “From Purity to Sanctity”
Ivory Soap is 99.44 % pure. What does that even mean? 99.44% pure what? Is it even clear why that’s a good thing? To be quite frank, I’m much more concerned that my soap will be…
Rabbi David Wolkenfeld 