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

So, we begin with parshas Tazria, page 608 in the ArtScroll Stone Chumash, and we'll uh try to make our way sharing thoughts and insights from both. Let's begin. Let's begin with Rabbi Sacks. The Rabbi Sacks Chumash. He writes the following, "The laws at the start of this parsha about the sacrifices brought by a woman who has given birth have challenged and puzzled many commentators. That's how Tazria starts. The word Tazria means to conceive." More, God spoke to Moshe, "The b'nei Yisrael more, teach this law that isha ki sazria, when a woman conceives v'yaldah zachar." So, now we have the laws of childbirth. When she conceives, what happens if she conceived a boy? What happens if she conceived a girl? How long is the impurity? Why is it different for a boy and for a girl? We've covered much of this in the past. The days of impurity followed by the days of purity, the sacrifices, the korbanos that this woman who conceived and gave birth that she brings, and ultimately we get to the bris. On the eighth day is the bris. So, Rabbi Sacks points out that many have been puzzled why this woman who has given birth brings these sacrifices. We could easily understand if she had to bring a Thanksgiving offering. A woman is blessed with a healthy child. So many long and wish and wait. So many spend endless and countless amounts of money in the pursuit of fulfilling that dream of having a child. So, you would think that a woman who gives birth, she's healthy and the baby's healthy. We take for granted today, please God, that women who give birth are healthy.

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2. 6:39there in that moment, by being the source, the conduit, catalyst of that moment, it's an…
3. 12:43physicality. To the contrary, the Torah asks us to seek Hashem within the physical world, to…
4. 18:49more than just the heart. And therefore, the laws of family purity and how beautiful and…
5. 24:57indulged. They gave in to their impulse. They couldn't control themselves. The who va, it brought…
6. 31:09big dollar they sell. So, that's what we find opposite the antithesis of these three that…
7. 36:54big. We can be huge. And therefore he invokes the Adam, which is the highest sense…
8. 43:18Where's the word mikem here the way it was in Vayikra? Says the Hazon Ish, "Zaks,…
9. 49:26Present self wants to stay up." And that's b'rosh niga. That kind of thinking, where is…
10. 55:30Kolech Ki Lo Maasiya Decha MaTorah She BaCh Ata Maavda She Machlis Lashon Hara Ma Avias…

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