Shabbat Shalom! This week’s Torah Portion is a double Torah Portion: Tazria, Leviticus 12:1-13:59, and M’tzora, Leviticus 14:1–15:33. I hope you will join us for Shabbat Services this week: Friday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 18, at 10:00 a.m. Saturday will be an especially wonderful day as we celebrate Herman Yykin’s 90^th birthday!

Torah Question of the Week:

When you get sick, what do you do to get better? Do you seek the help of a doctor or other health care professional? in this week Torah portion, a m’tzora (someone stricken with tzara’at, which is described in last week’s portion) goes through an elaborate purification ritual with the priest to become pure again. While we don’t have this ritual with its associated sacrifices today, we have other rituals for healthcare. What are yours and where did they come from?

Want to learn about the Torah portion?

Here is a video summary of Tazria.   And here is one of M’tzora.

Here is a written summary of Tazria.   And here is one of M’tzora.

Here is the full text of Tazria.   And here is the full text of M’tzora.

I hope to see you at services! Shabbat Shalom!

— Rabbi Adrienne : )