We Need to Talk About Anti-Semitism
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah
English - April 16, 2018 09:00 - 11 minutes - 19.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 251 ratingsJudaism Religion & Spirituality Education jewish judaism torah Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Parashat Tazria-M’tzora includes teachings about the ancient disease of leprosy and those who were lepers, people who were were cast out of their communities. Their illness wasn’t seen as a cause of biology, but as punishment for sin. In this episode of On the Other Hand, Rabbi Jacobs describes how in many ways, the treatment of lepers in biblical times parallels the treatment of the Jewish people throughout time.