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The Yeshiva.net — Tazria - Metzora 5783

Выпуск: The Yeshiva.net — Tazria - Metzora 5783. Темы: relationships_shalom_bayit. Поисковые термины: шалом байт, брак, отношения, shalom bayit, marriage, שלום בית, זוגיות. 4/19/23, 9:23 AM TheYeshiva.net Moshiach the Leper What Shames You Most: The Story of the 4 Lepers In Our Own Lives Rabbi YY Jacobson 30 Nissan 5775 The seventh chapter of Kings II (related to the theme of the portions Tazria and Metzora, and often read as the Haftorah of Metzora), tells a fascinating story, about the “four lepers.” The story takes place during the First Temple era when the Syrian Army swept down on the Northern Kingdom of Israel and laid siege to the city of Samaria (Shomron). If an invading force could not penetrate the city walls, the enemy would encamp around the walls of the city, cutting off all supplies, especially food and water, and wait until the inhabitants were starved and forced to surrender.) The city of Samaria was under siege by the Syrian army. One day the king of Israel, Jehoram (Yehoram), was walking along the inner walls of the city when a woman called to him, saying: "Your majesty, please help me." The king answered, "What is the matter?" The woman said, "My neighbor came to me, and said, 'Come, let us eat your [dead] son today, and then tomorrow we will eat my [dead] son.' So we cooked my son, and ate him. Thus says the Lord: ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah (a particular weight measure) of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel (a small currency), and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.’’ "So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of G-d and said, ‘Look, even if the Lord would make windows in heaven [for the rain to come down], could this thing be?’ And Elisha said, ‘In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.’" (2 Kings 7:1-2). The Four Lepers It is at this point where the narrative shifts from what’s happening inside the city walls to a scene outside the city walls —and this is where the haftorah of Tazria-Metzora begins—where four lepers are both starving and quarantined https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/2392/print-view 1/4 4/19/23, 9:23 AM TheYeshiva.net because they are lepers and all lepers were quarantined outside of the city. A Loaded Camp “And the lepers came to the edge of the camp, and they entered one tent, and they ate and they drank, and they carried off silver and gold

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The Yeshiva.net

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19 апреля 2023 г.

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