This Portion

• Torah
• Leviticus 12:1 | Purification of Women after Childbirth
• Leviticus 13:1 | Leprosy, Varieties and Symptoms
• Leviticus 14:1 | Purification of Lepers and Leprous Houses
• Leviticus 15:1 | Concerning Bodily Discharges
• Prophets
• 2Ki 7:3 | The Arameans Flee
• Gospel
• Luk 10:1 | The Mission of the Seventy
• Luk 10:13 | Woes to Unrepentant Cities
• Luk 10:17 | The Return of the Seventy
• Luk 10:21 | Jesus Rejoices
• Luk 10:25 | The Parable of the Good Samaritan
• Luk 10:38 | Jesus Visits Martha and Mary
• Luk 11:1 | The Lord's Prayer
• Luk 11:5 | Perseverance in Prayer
• Luk 11:14 | Jesus and Beelzebul
• Luk 11:24 | The Return of the Unclean Spirit
• Luk 11:27 | True Blessedness
• Luk 11:29 | The Sign of Jonah
• Luk 11:33 | The Light of the Body
• Luk 11:37 | Jesus Denounces Pharisees and Lawyers
• Luk 12:1 | A Warning against Hypocrisy
• Luk 12:4 | Exhortation to Fearless Confession
• Luk 12:13 | The Parable of the Rich Fool
• Luk 12:22 | Do Not Worry
• Luk 12:35 | Watchful Slaves
• Luk 12:41 | The Faithful or the Unfaithful Slave
• Luk 12:49 | Jesus the Cause of Division
• Luk 12:54 | Interpreting the Time
• Luk 12:57 | Settling with Your Opponent
• Luk 13:1 | Repent or Perish
• Luk 13:6 | The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
• Luk 13:10 | Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman
• Luk 13:18 | The Parable of the Mustard Seed
• Luk 13:20 | The Parable of the Yeast
• Luk 13:22 | The Narrow Door
• Luk 13:31 | The Lament over Jerusalem

Tazria

The name of the twenty-seventh reading from the Torah is Tazria (תזריע), which means “she conceived.” The name is derived from the words of Leviticus 12:2, where the LORD says to Moses, “When a woman [conceives] and bears a male child ...” Leviticus 12 discusses the laws of purification after childbirth. Leviticus 13 introduces the laws for diagnosing and quarantining lepers. Except in biblical calendar leap years, Tazria is read together with the subsequent Torah portion, Metzorah, on the same Sabbath.

Metzora

The twenty-eighth reading from the Torah is Metzora (מצורע), a word that means “leper.” The word appears in the second verse of the reading, which says, “This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing” (Leviticus 14:2). Leviticus 14 spells out the complex purification rituals for the cleansing of a leper and a leprous home. Leviticus 15 briefly covers the laws regarding ritual unfitness stemming from bodily emissions. Except in biblical calendar leap years, Metzora is read together with the previous Torah portion, Tazria, on the same Sabbath.

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