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1. Atoning for Impurity?

   Rabbi Ezra Bick | 15 minutes

   Parshat Metzora focuses on tzaraat, an extremely severe type of tum'a, with a detailed purification process. By seeing what the Metzora (the affected person) undergoes to remove, we can understand what he is removing and what the significance is of “kappara” (atonement) in a case which is apparently beyond one's control.

2. The Keys to Revealing Kohelet's Hidden Meaning

   Rabbi Yitzchak Twersky

   תאריך פרסום: תש"ע | |

   What is the book of Kohelet about? What does it teach us? This shiur explores these questions in order to understand Kohelet on a deeper level. By examining various stories in Tanach, such as Adam and Chava, Cain and Hevel, and Para Aduma we can gain a clear understanding of the essence of Kohelet - the ability to choose between good and evil, which is critical to understanding life in general. 

3. Of Death and Defilement

   Rabbi Chanoch Waxman

   Why did the Torah place the laws of tum'a and tahara in between the stories of the deaths of the sons of Aharon and the laws of entering the Mishkan? Why do the laws of the metzora directly follow the story of the deaths of Nadav and Avihu? It is possible that the answer to this question lies in the mutual exclusivity of the concepts of holiness and tum'a, and the link between tum'a and death. 

4. What is the Difference between Purity and Atonement?

   Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Brandes

5. Parashat Para, Zachor, and Ki Tisa - Non-Intuitive Laws

   Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell | 21 minutes

   The two sections of Parashat Para end off in with a conclusion that they are "hukkat olam" - an eternal laws. Hazal say that the commandment of the Para Aduma (Red Heifer) was given to Bnei Yisrael before Mount Sinai - and before the Mishkan. If this is so, what could the significance and relevance of Parashat Para be to that generation? Parashat Para deals describes a purification process from impurity (which bars one from entering the Mikdash), ostensibly so that one could come to the Mikdash afterward. If there was no mikdash yet, why would they receive these laws? Hazal are saying that there is still something to learn from non-practical laws, like laws that are perhaps never to be performed - like Ben Sorer U-Moreh (the Wayward Son). Perhaps the law about Amalek can be viewed in a similar light today.  We also  relate to the Sin of the Golden Calf, the limits of teshuva and the challenges in facing evil.

    

6. Laws of Animals: The impure and the pure that can and cannot be eaten

   Rabbi Elchanan Samet

   What is the significance of the order in which the impure animals are presented in Parshat Shemini? Through a close examination of the structure and content of the text, we can answer this question by understanding the various natures of impurity in animals.  

7. Impurity in Life and in Death

   Rabbi Dr. Yoel Bin Nun

   What is the common denominator linking all the various types of impurity listed in parshiot Tazria- Metzora? Through a close examination of the text we can understand that impurity is caused by the presence of or contact with different manifestations of death. 

8. Structure of Tazria- Metzora

   HaTanakh.com Staff

9. Metzora: "Healthy" Skin

   Rabbi David Silverberg

10. Parshat Metzora Part 6: Chiastic Conclusion

    Shani Taragin | 10 minutes

    This podcast discusses the final three verses of Parshat Metzora which serve as a transition into Parshat Achrei Mot.

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