Elisha, Naaman the Leper, & an Abducted Jewish Girl

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi YY Jacobson’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

is the word so parshas tazriya has a haftara that is really read because it's the haftarah you need tazria to be self-contained and you need shabbos tazria not to coincide with parshas and rosh as it is this year but nonetheless this is the haftaryo of parshas tazria and it tells a fascinating story that deals with the theme of the parsha which is of course leprosy taras it tells a story about a great military warrior who was amitsara who was a leper and who was seeking to heal himself from this terrible calamity this terrible uh disease or illness and it's in malachim bay's parakee it's in the second book of kings the fifth chapter and it's part of the haftarah of parshas tazria i want to learn this story with you today it's a story like every story in tanakh it's a very loaded story every possic has many layers and dimensions of interpretation and commentary but at least we can touch upon some of the major themes of the story on different levels and also their application to life today so the background of the story is takes us to the country known as aram haram the capital of aram was the masek damascus that's the area of syria today basically the north east of eretz israel of the land of israel and the military warrior of aram one of the great military commanders of the kingdom of aram was a man named naman

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1. 0:31is the word so parshas tazriya has a haftara that is really read because it's the…
2. 6:14part of eretz israel which was close very close to syria closer to syria as you…
3. 12:26a celebrity a man of such renown like namon he speaks to his god and he…
4. 18:40alicia didn't take money naman was such an affluent person how can the prophet forfeit such…
5. 24:50naman went up a step naman submitted and he acknowledged part of the truth naman tells…
6. 31:08took her away from her family and now had her working in her home even though…
7. 37:19send a letter problem is the king can't do anything the king rents his clothes he…
8. 43:24naman to be cured so just cure him wave your hands and cure him but that's…
9. 49:45darshan a makuba a great teacher in krakow that's where he's buried he died as i…
10. 56:10in fact that venezuela and other commentators say that offering the carbon pesoch was a prerequisite…

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