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Sichos In English — Tazria - Metzora 5785

Выпуск: Sichos In English — Tazria - Metzora 5785. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. BH Likkutei Sichos On the weekly Torah readings and holidays From the Talks of The Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson Volume 27 | Tazria | Sichah 1 Lingering Guilt General Editor: Rabbi Eliezer Robbins | Senior Editor: Rabbi Lazer Danzinger Content Editor: Rabbi Zalmy Avtzon Translated by Rabbi Mendel Marcus © Copyright by Sichos In English 2025 ○ 5785 A note on the translation: Rounded and square brackets reflect their use in the original sichah; curly brackets are interpolations of the translator or editors. REQUIRES ATONEMENT At the end of the Torah section discussing a woman who gives birth, the verse says,1 “The kohen must first effect atonement for her2 {through the sin-offering}, and she will thus be rid of this impurity.” The Gemara expounds:3 “The clause and she will thus be rid of this impurity implies that {beforehand} she was impure.” Anyone who “requires atonement”4 (after “a person immersed and emerged” and “the sun has set for him”5 — but before he has brought his atonement offering) is still impure in certain respects: (a) The prohibition of “she may not touch anything sacred”6 — to refrain from eating sacrificial foods7 — still applies. (b) A person in this state who serves in the Temple deserves death8 (because “an impure {kohen} who performs a Temple service is punishable by death”).9 (c) He (the person still requiring atonement) invalidates the service performed in the Temple.10 In his Mishneh Torah, Rambam cites this teaching in two places: (a) regarding someone requiring atonement who served in the Temple — “his service is invalid”;11 (b) regarding the prohibition to enter the Temple (from the Courtyard of Israelites12 and onward).13 However, in these two places, Rambam describes the mother’s status slightly differently than the Gemara: “and she will thus be rid of this impurity — this implies that until this point her purification was incomplete.” Rambam’s diction suggests that the deficiency of someone who “requires atonement” is not so much because of lingering impurity. Nevertheless, when it comes to eating sacrificial foods or entering the Temple, since a trace of the impurity lingers, he is forbidden to partake of sacrificial foods, enter the Temple, and so on.] Instead, R

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Sichos In English

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1 мая 2025 г.

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