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<category><i>Tzara'at</i>: Natural Disease or Divine Punishment? | <category><i>Tzara'at</i>: Natural Disease or Divine Punishment? | ||
| − | <p>Among the many mysteries of Tanakh, <i>tzara'at</i> ranks high on the list of unknowns. What is this malady? Why does a person get afflicted? Is it a natural disease that anyone can contract, or is it a Divinely sent, supernatural phenomenon, meant as punishment for sin? Contrast the understandings of Chazal<fn>See, for example, <multilink><a href="VayikraRabbah17-3" data-aht="source"> | + | <p>Among the many mysteries of Tanakh, <i>tzara'at</i> ranks high on the list of unknowns. What is this malady? Why does a person get afflicted? Is it a natural disease that anyone can contract, or is it a Divinely sent, supernatural phenomenon, meant as punishment for sin? Contrast the understandings of Chazal<fn>See, for example, <multilink><a href="VayikraRabbah17-3" data-aht="source">ויקרא רבה</a><a href="VayikraRabbah17-3" data-aht="source">י"ז:ג'</a><a href="Vayikra Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">אודות ויקרא רבה</a></multilink> and <multilink><a href="BemidbarRabbah7-5" data-aht="source">במדבר רבה</a><a href="BemidbarRabbah7-5" data-aht="source">ז':ה'</a><a href="Bemidbar Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">אודות במדבר רבה</a></multilink>.</fn> and Ralbag in the topic of <a href="Tzara'at" data-aht="page">צרעת</a>, and debate each position at your Shabbat Table.</p><ul> |
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<li>Examine all of the instances in Tanakh in which someone is plagued by <i>tzara'at</i>. Can you find a common offense perpetrated by each of those afflicted? If the malady is indeed a punishment, what seems to be the crime?</li> | <li>Examine all of the instances in Tanakh in which someone is plagued by <i>tzara'at</i>. Can you find a common offense perpetrated by each of those afflicted? If the malady is indeed a punishment, what seems to be the crime?</li> | ||
<li>Why does <i>tzara'at</i> cause impurity? Compare the various cases of impurity in Torah. Is there any common denominator which might explain why specifically these conditions defile a person?</li> | <li>Why does <i>tzara'at</i> cause impurity? Compare the various cases of impurity in Torah. Is there any common denominator which might explain why specifically these conditions defile a person?</li> | ||
Version as of 03:31, 22 August 2019
נושאים לשולחן שבת – פרשת מצרע
Tzara'at: Natural Disease or Divine Punishment?
Among the many mysteries of Tanakh, tzara'at ranks high on the list of unknowns. What is this malady? Why does a person get afflicted? Is it a natural disease that anyone can contract, or is it a Divinely sent, supernatural phenomenon, meant as punishment for sin? Contrast the understandings of Chazal1 and Ralbag in the topic of צרעת, and debate each position at your Shabbat Table.
- Examine all of the instances in Tanakh in which someone is plagued by tzara'at. Can you find a common offense perpetrated by each of those afflicted? If the malady is indeed a punishment, what seems to be the crime?
- Why does tzara'at cause impurity? Compare the various cases of impurity in Torah. Is there any common denominator which might explain why specifically these conditions defile a person?
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For more, see: Parashat Metzora Topics.
