The Torah parasha for M’tzora can be found at here.
M’tzora means “a person afflicted with tzara’at”. Tzara’at is any of several skin disorders. Most English bible translations use “leprosy” in place of tzara’at, but leprosy is only one (and one of the worst at that) skin disorder.
This is a very cool song performed by Mordechai Ben David (aka – MBD). The lyrics are below. Transliterated Hebrew in bold and English translation in italics. I hope you enjoy.
Torah: Sh’mot (Leviticus) 14:1-15:33
Haftarah: 2 Kings 7:3-20
B’rit Chadashah: Matt 8:1-17
Sh’mot (Leviticus) 14:1-15:33
2 Kings 7:3-20
Matt 8:1-17
Shabbat Shalom!
Welcome to another Glorious Shabbat. Candle lighting is at 1930 (7:30pm) if you live in the East Dallas area. If you don’t happen to live in that area, or if you just want to check your times yourselves, HebCal has a great online utility for the Shabbat Candle Lighting Times. Just click the link, enter your zip code, and click ‘Get Shabbat Times’.
An Israeli company called DELL-SHALOM has just unveiled its new “kosher computer.” Please be advised of some important changes from the typical non-kosher computer, such as:
Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream is now available in Israel in the following flavors:
Kosher Foods Are a Booming Business
Keeping kosher is a lot easier than it used to be.
It’s not that the Jewish dietary laws have changed. Pork and shellfish remain verboten, while meat and dairy – and the utensils that touch them – still must be kept strictly segregated.
Rather, thanks to recent dramatic growth of the kosher foods industry, consumers who follow these religious strictures now can dine on an array of products observant Jews just a generation ago would have marveled at.
