Tazria - תזריע
Leviticus: Leviticus 12:1 - 13:59
Reading #1 - Leviticus 12:1–13:5
My Thoughts:
I had this thought. In verse 13:1 it says “Hashem spoke to Moses and Aaron...”. And He goes on to talk to them about some specifics with skin diseases. We read this so casually, but think about it. Hashem is somehow talking to Moses and Aaron and giving them instructions. It can’t be casual, it has to be astounding! It is not every day that someone hears the voice of Elohim. Now I can see where they must have been kneeling and frantically listening and writing things down! This was Elohim speaking and you did not want to get any words wrong! Wow is all I can say.
Challenge:
Are you casual about listening to the voice of Hashem? During prayer time, worship or during the day -- do you feel like He might be saying something to you? If so, this is not to be taken lightly, but we should stop in our tracks and reverently listen to what He says. We should take it very seriously and then praise Him for taking time to speak to us. And most importantly, do what you think He is saying to you! If you don’t, you will regret it forever!
Reading #1 - Leviticus 12:1–13:5
12 Hashem spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If a woman conceives, and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her monthly period she shall be unclean. 3 In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 She shall continue in the blood of purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any holy thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying are completed. 5 But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her period; and she shall continue in the blood of purification sixty-six days.
6 “‘When the days of her purification are completed for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the Tent of Meeting, a year old lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove, for a sin offering. 7 He shall offer it before Hashem, and make atonement for her; then she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood.
“‘This is the law for her who bears, whether a male or a female. 8 If she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons: the one for a burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering. The priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.’”
13 Hashem spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 “When a man shall have a swelling in his body’s skin, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes in the skin of his body the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons, the priests. 3 The priest shall examine the plague in the skin of the body. If the hair in the plague has turned white, and the appearance of the plague is deeper than the body’s skin, it is the plague of leprosy; so the priest shall examine him and pronounce him unclean. 4 If the bright spot is white in the skin of his body, and its appearance isn’t deeper than the skin, and its hair hasn’t turned white, then the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days. 5 The priest shall examine him on the seventh day. Behold, if in his eyes the plague is arrested and the plague hasn’t spread in the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days.
