Parshas Tazria-Metzora with Reb Chaim Kramer

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Shalom Aleichem. Welcome to the breast of weekly parsha sheer. Today is Sunday, the week of Tazria and Metzora. And uh we missed out a sheer on Shmini. Cuz that was just after Pesach. So we'll include it in today's parsha. First of all, Shmini speaks about the consecration of the Mishkan, of the sanctuary, sacrifices that were born that were brought and that Nadav and Avihu passed away the day of the dedication. And how Aaron, who had just become the high priest, lost his two sons on the day. And yet he still kept strong and performed the mitzvahs the way he was supposed to. In face of tragedy, because of that he merited a revelation of Hashem. He told him, "Don't drink. Don't uh imbibe." That was the sin of Nadav and Avihu. They drank wine and they entered the sanctuary. If you ever want to enter a sanctuary life, then you have to be careful not to drink, not to imbibe, not to get drunk. That's one of the lessons of Shmini. Second lesson, speaks about what is permitted to be eaten, what is forbidden to be eaten. And also it has contains it contains [clears throat] many laws of purity and impurity. And that carries us over into the week now of Tazria and Metzora. Tazria begins with the birth of a Jewish child, days of purity and impurity between the husband and wife, and the mitzvah of milah on the eighth day. Then the parsha, the bulk of it, it's 67 verses, and 59 of them are dedicated to the laws of leprosy. And uh

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1. 0:03Shalom Aleichem. Welcome to the breast of weekly parsha sheer. Today is Sunday, the week of…
2. 0:34of the sanctuary, sacrifices that were born that were brought and that Nadav and Avihu passed…
3. 1:36drink, not to imbibe, not to get drunk. That's one of the lessons of Shmini. Second…
4. 2:39leprosy is a very terrible thing, very terrible sickness. And uh why does it come about?…
5. 3:40Today, leprosy is said to have been erased from the world, but we have today a…
6. 4:41there's a way out. There's a kapparah, there's a forgiveness. And a person can be forgiven,…
7. 5:42deals with if a leprous uh sign appears in a home. What to do? So, Rashi…
8. 6:43they won't see the wealth. They couldn't carry it when they fled. So they had to…
9. 7:44of Metzora speaks about impurities that come from within the body, whether it's nocturnal emissions, whether…
10. 8:44to purify ourselves, we will learn how to bring ourselves out, to raise ourselves from impurity…

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