Tazria-Metzora 5785: Cycles of Renewal
How do life’s transitions invite spiritual renewal? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash explore the cycles of tumah (impurity) and taharah…
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Tazria 5784: Reimagining Ritual Purity
How do we navigate the tension between devotion to mitzvot and the pursuit of understanding their significance in our lives? In this week’s parsha, we…
Tazria-Metzora 5783: Uncertainty & Divine Providence
How do we make sense of Divine reward and punishment in our complex world? In this week’s episode of the Pardes Parsha Podcast, Rabbi Zvi…
Parashat Tazria 5782: Selective Memory; Choosing Productive Narratives
Parashat Tazria 5782: Selective Memory; Choosing Productive Narratives This podcast episode is sponsored by Pardes alum Graham Hoffman in honor of his parents, teachers, and…
Tazria Metzora 5781 – the Messiness of Life
The book of Vayikra introduces us to a whole new lexicon of terms for our spiritual life. This podcast introduces the ideas of tumah and…
The Parsha Discussion with Alex Israel — Tazria Metzora. Setting Goals and Making Progress
This week we will speak about Time and human processes. There is a dynamic of seven and eight which animates our parsha and recent parshiot.…
5780 — Tazria-Metzora: Making the Case for Tzara’at
The strange skin ailment called Tzara’at, described at length in our double parsha, sounds arcane and irrelevant to our modern ears. Long ago, the ancient…
5779 – Tazria/HaHodesh Selective Memory: Choosing Productive Narratives
Why bring a sin offering after giving birth? The Gemara suggests that is all about forgetting. Parshat HaChodesh, on the other hand, is all about…
An Interactive Parsha Experience – 5779 Tazria: Talking Face to Face
One of the main topics in Parshat Tazria is tzara’at, a unique sickness that causes your skin to be uncomfortable, white and flakey. It can…