Shabbat Tazria-Metzora

Torah reading

Leviticus 12:1 – 15:33

Tazria (“She Bears Seed”) opens by describing the purification process for a woman after childbirth. It then describes different forms of *tzara’at*, a discoloration condition on skin or clothing, and the requirement of an infected person to dwell alone outside the camp and be inspected by a priest. Metzora opens by describing the purification process and accompanying sacrifices for one infected…