Tazria-Metzora

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A Locked Garden

25 April 2017

A fascinating discourse taught by the Rebbe in 1987 on Shabbos Sedra Tazria-Metzora. A person is like a 'locked garden'. Ideally only the Divine can enter the garden...

The Locked Garden

21 April 2020

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Tazria in 1987.  The Jewish people are compared to 'a locked garden', symbolizing a bride who is 'locked' to all but her husband.  In the same way, says...

Existence And Torah

5770

The Chassidic teaching that G-d looked into the Torah and created the world, and contrasts this with Rabbi Simlai's comment that Torah laws follow the order of creation. The resolution is that Torah...

Flourishing….!

5773

The name Tazria, meaning flourishing, as a key to the positive reading of even the affliction of leprosy described in the Sedra. The tradition that each Sedra's name expresses its inner essence is...

Doctors Of The Soul

5772

Jewish excellence in medicine through the Torah's detailed medical laws, beginning with the miracle of childbirth and circumcision. The physical circumcision is connected to the spiritual...

Kindness Is The Key

5769

The danger of looking negatively at those we perceive as in error, using the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discussion of the leprosy laws in Tazria-Metzora to argue for a kindness-first approach to others. The...