Tazria

Parashas Tazria

Leviticus 12:1- 13:59

Haftarah

Second Kings 4:42-5:19

Brit Chadasha

Mattityahu “Matthew”8:1- 4

Please Pray this

Prayer

First before reading.

In the name of Yahushua

Our Messiyah

I pray for the Spirit of Understanding

The Spirit of Knowledge and

The Spirit of Wisdom

As I read through this Parashas

This Torah Portion Tazria is the 27 reading, Except in a leap years in the Torah cycle, this Torah portion of Tazria is read together with the portion of Metzora on the same Shabbat.  This Parasha of Tazria describe affliction of the skin and reveals the cause of these afflictions that most people should be very careful about what comes out of their mouth. As Yahushua says is in Mat 15:16  And Yahushua said, Are ye also yet without understanding? 17 Do you not yet understand that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? 18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

How many believers today are careful about what emerges from their mouth? What we say can be as negative and destructive as bad food is to the body. The Hebrew word for leprosy (Tzara’af) correlates to verbal negativity, as in evil speech.

However, negative speech does not always means it is limited to speech; it can also relate to what we sometime do not say, or what we hear, and even what we do not hear. The fact of the matter is, that most of the time we talk and talk and talk, but we do not learn to listen to what other people are telling us.

Just as punishment is afflicted on man because of evil speech, so is he punish because he could have pronounced good words but did it not. For he blemished that speaking spirit, which is composed so as to speak above and speak below. And everything is in holiness.

It is even truer if the nation walks the crooked path and he can talk to them and reprove them yet he is silent, I held my peace and had no comfort and my pain was stirred up.

The importance of listening to others is something that people on a higher spiritual level have always understood. Regardless of whether people are right or wrong, we have a responsibility to listen to them.  If we do not fulfill this responsibility, how can we expect others to listen to us?

If we want to move to a higher spiritual level from which we can teach other disciple, we must also learn how to listen carefully to others. To be save from spiritual leprosy, we must learn to hear twice as much as we speak.

Often it is not what we say but what we do not say that sometime plant the seed of negativity in our consciousness. It is written in Leviticus 18:17 do not hate your brother in your heart,” This does not only say do not hate, but also in your heart. If we hate in our character, it affect us in thought, words, and deeds. So when the time comes to speak, we must be proactive and not reactive and blur out the first thing that come to our mind.

If we are hungry, it is important for us to let some time pass before we react; and when we finally do speak, not only do we release our hurt, but more important we get to reveal the  Light of our Menorah or day of Creation we have experience. We can be a cause rather than an effect and avoid doing actions that result from a reactive nature.

The process of creating our Menorah never changes because of the way we act. Everything that happens to us happens solely to help us on our spiritual journey. We may need some help now and again to help to reach full maturity, but we are told that everything works for good for those who believe.

 

The word Tazria means she conceived which refers to the law of purification after childbirth. This Parasha describe the afflictions of the skin and reveals the cause of these afflictions.

After the laws of tumah (Contamination) that result from dead animals, the Torah turns to contamination that emanates from human beings. The first subject to be discussed is that of a woman who gives birth, because that is the beginning of life and therefore the start of the decontamination process, otherwise call sanctification.

The creation of human life is not a mystery, yet it is the most sublime phenomenon in the universe. By being a source of life, man and woman become partners with Elohim, in the building of the Kingdom of Heavens.

Our human body is the vehicle by which the soul that is place in it may used to achieve that lofty position of Son of Elohim. This new life begins in a state of tumah, or contamination, spiritual impurity, to show people that life is a process of sanctification. Just as the day starts with darkness and end with the day, so too must our lives star in spiritual; contamination and end with Acceptance.

Life is a process for the creation of righteous sons for the Kingdom, or else what is the reason for creation. After this period of contamination, the new mother begins the cleaning process, culminated by the bringing of an offering.

Before she brings it, she cleanses herself of the contamination, but she still may not consume sacrificial meat or terumah, because the mere absence of contamination is not yet the fulfillment of man’s goal, it is the total absence.

Man’s aspiration must rise higher than the elimination of the negative inclination of the flesh; they must strive for positive spiritual achievement, known as the fruits of the spirit.

A human is not completely cleanse until they come to the Sabbath rest, the Shekinah Glory, by the offering that represent atonement for the past present and all future sins.

Today, it is customary for a woman as soon as she feels well enough to leave home; she goes to a synagogue and hears Kedushah, or a similar part of the service. It is also customary that after frothy or eighty days when she would bring her offering, her husband would be called to the Torah, as a symbolic represents of the offering describe in this chapter.

These offering and ritual symbolize that the birth inaugurates the beginning of the ongoing process of rising up the new born child to a life of righteousness and holiness that will enable EL YAHWEH to say you have fulfilled the entire purpose of creation.

Lev 12:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, - Therefore in order to fulfilled this He has given us specific instruction on how to live in this world. Lets read and learn.

Lev 12:2 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘When a woman has conceived, and has given birth to a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days, as in the days of her monthly separation she is unclean. – The term Tazria means she becomes pregnant. Bringing life into this world is the ultimate deed of sharing or love. Through the power of Tazria, we have an opportunity to do extraordinary acts of love, particularly with someone with whom we have had a problem in the past or perhaps even with a stranger. This sharing or act of love allows us to change in a way that which is not possible before.

Sharing brings so much Light, but sometimes after we connect to an enormous amount of light, there is a terrible feeling of letdown. It is equally important to be just as strong after we have connect to the light as we are when we make the connection, so that the letdown will not be too severe. 

The term “as during the days of her separation infirmity” is a time when a woman becomes tamei (ritually unclean or contaminated). The same regulation as those of a menstruant, the Hebrew word niddah means someone who is separated. She remains separated from any marital relations and may not touch anything that must in a state of ritual purity, such as the flesh of offerings. This time period of self impose isolation is seven days.

Lev 12:3 ‘And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin is circumcised. – On the eight day, the day of new beginning is when the new egg in her ovaries begins the new cycle. A new potential for life is about to be created, that is why a male child is circumscribed on the eight day.

Although the command to circumcise was given in Genesis 17:10 – 14, it is repeated here again a further expansion of the original command. A male child must be circumcised on the eight day, even if it falls on the Sabbath.

Lev 12:4 ‘And she remains in the blood of her cleansing thirty-three days. She does not touch whatever is set-apart, and she does not come into the set-apart place until the days of her cleansing are completed. – For thirty three (33) days. After the end of the first seven days, she is immerses in water to remove her nidah contamination, following which she assumes a new status for the next thirty-three days. Therefore, there is a frothy day period, the seven day following the birth and another thirty-three more days. In the latter days she is still in a state of partial contamination.

In this state of contamination, she does not touch anything that is holy, nor does she get to enter the church so to speak. It might also possible for her not to even touch her bible.

Lev 12:5 ‘But if she gives birth to a female child, then she shall be unclean for two weeks, as in her monthly separation, and she remains in the blood of her cleansing for sixty-six days. – There are a lot of people who talk about equality, between men and women! Why would the Creator impose such a stringent restriction if it were not for a reason?

Does the birth of a female child impose a higher degree of contamination on the mother? Or is it that the circumcision of the male child is also a form of blood sacrifice for the mother? The female child and mother were to be in a state of contamination for two weeks, and a further sixty-six days more in a partial state of contamination.

The male child is a representative of the Messiyah. It is the goal of every Hebrew girl to bring forth a male child and that child would be the Messiyah, who would save the people of Yisrael. A female child will never be the Messiyah, she will never be circumcised.

Lev 12:6 ‘And when the days of her cleansing are completed, for a son or for a daughter, she brings to the priest a lamb a year old, as a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove as a sin offering, to the door of the Tent of Meeting. The woman shall bring two offering an elevation and a sin offering, because she seeks atonement for two kinds of sin. The elevation offering for thoughts of try to supplant her husband authority. The sin offering that all women carry with them even today, as Eve learn in the Garden, to eat of the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil, making their own decision.

Lev 12:7 ‘And he shall bring it before יהוה, and make atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed from the flow of her blood. This is the Torah for her who has given birth to a male or a female. – We must remember Gen 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow You shall bring forth children; and thy desire shall be for thy husband, and but he shall rule over thee. These two curses place over the woman in this verse as not been lifted, every time a woman perform these two offering, the elevation and the sin offering, it is to help her regain what she had lost in the Garden of Eden by Eve sin.

Lev 12:8 ‘And if she is not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one as a burnt offering and the other as a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean. – Although the sin offering or service is performed first, as a principle in Torah, the elevation offering is mention first. The reason is always to state the objective, then the process of achieving that object last.

When she brings these offering to Yahushua, He will make the offering on her behalf to EL YAHWAH. This is one of the few time that the woman does not require a man to bring an offering for her, she must do it herself.

Chapter 13

We now enter into another level of understanding the process of contamination. In Torah what we see in the natural as a spiritual signification. The Redeem community understand this principle, we will not run to the doctor for everything that hail us, we would go to our ministers so to speak.

For hundreds of year the popular translation of ‘tzaraas’ has been leprosy, and it’s commonly accepted that the prevention of the spreading of the disease’s was the reason for the quarantine of a suspected victim of tzaraas and the exclusion from the camp of a confirmed contaminated person.

The physical laws used to stop the contamination are the same laws to stop spiritual contamination.

Lev 13:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh and to Aharon, saying, - EL YAHWEH spoke the principles of spiritual contamination among the people, and how to stop the spreading of those doctrinal contaminance within the body. When I first start my group, we were meeting in a library, a few Karate came into my church, with their false teaching, and I foolishly accommodate them until they destroy my gathering.

Verse 2 – 3 deals with the process of verification. The first symptom of contamination is an obvious discoloring of the skin. It is only the Kohen, the priest, the minister, a mature believer, is authorized by Torah to diagnose the contamination. Unless the Kohen makes this pronouncement, none of these laws apply; even through a multitude of scholars and Kohanim recognize it as such.

First the Torah describes the basic forms of contamination. Then the Torah goes on to discuss characteristic that tend to appear in the different categories of contamination.

Lev 13:2 “When a man has on the skin of his body a swelling, a scab, or a bright spot, and it shall become on the skin of his body like a leprous infection, then he shall be brought to Aharon the priest or to one of his sons the priests. – It is written that if a person appeared to have leprosy, he had to go to the Kohen Priest, who would decide if he or she had leprosy or not. But why does the Torah not say the diagnostic symptoms of leprosy instead of saying that the individual had to go see the priest, or today the Pastor, the Altar of the Laver for deliverance.

By contrast, if we want to know how much charity to give, it is written very clearly that we must tithe 10%. Usually, for whatever we want to know, we can go straight to the Torah and find the answer. Why is leprosy any different?

The answer is simply! The human consciousness dominated by the flesh cannot see it own flaws, but only the faults of others. That is why we must consult the Pastor about our leprosy our afflictions. If we should have the to decide for ourselves if we are pure or not, it is in the nature of the selfish consciousness to decide in our favor.

Without a doubt, this principle applies to much more than leprosy. We will always see what is wrong in others, but never what is wrong with ourselves. Any negative character traits we see in others are actually present in ourselves.

This is why when the Holy Spirit shows us a flaw in others, or we point out a flaw in others there are four fingers pointing at us, giving us a chance to see the problem in ourselves.

What we see on the outside of others rarely mirrors a person’s true inner nature. This is a very important insight, but the question still remains; why is a Pastor the only one who can see what a person is like?

In the layout of the Tabernacle, the Laver the only Altar with water is the Altar of the Pastor, the Altar of deliverance. The only Altar that has no dimension. The only Altar that is made from the looking glass of the women, the Altar of inspection.

Leprosy in all its different forms is the predominant theme of the Parasha reading. At first, leprosy was diagnosed by the Kohen. According to Kabbalah, leprosy actually serves as a spiritual cleaning agent and therefore creates wisdom, knowledge and understanding for the sufferer.

However, it is much better to gain wisdom, knowledge and understanding proactively than through reactive. By reading these verses and going through spiritual transformation is also a cleansing that we can choose proactively, but it is not a process that can happen overnight.

The potential for many diseases exists inside us, and there are many ways to cleanse. Skin problems, for example, indicates that an inner problem that we need to clean through our actions.

Spiritual cleansing and transformation cannot only cure disease, but can also prevent disease from occurring in the first place and or prevent them from re-appearing.

A plague of leprosy refers to the harsh judgments that hover over the world as a result of the collective negativity of humanity. In the Hebrew language the word leprosy is define as closing, as in closing of the gate to the source of our enlightenment. When these gates or spiritual windows are close, light cannot enter our world and darkness and judgments reign.

In truth, this darkness is the real plague of plagues, the fertile ground that gives rise to all other forms of plague, be they cancer, heart disease, poverty, depression or any other individual or social ills.

The swelling or a bright spot are visible character traits. This part of the skin is higher than the rest, or off a different color, it usually draws attention to itself, because of the visible manifestation it present.

When a man comes into your gathering with certain false teaching, they will usually draw attention to themselves. They usually think that they knew more than everyone else, a swellhead as some would say. The Leader of the group is the one who must deal with it, the same way we deal with a leprous infection.

The term “a man has on his body”, is a term that mean: it is evident, it is a part of his demeanor, and it is his garment, which is spiritually. This type of doctrine has a form of Torah about them, yet they deny the truth or authority of Torah.

Lev 13:3 “And the priest shall look at the infection on the skin of the body. And if the hair on the infection has turned white, and the infection appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a leprous infection. And the priest shall look at him, and pronounce him unclean. – This verse uses natural items to portray a spiritual lesson. An infected person is not infected unless there are two witnesses. At least two dark hairs inside the affected area have turned white after the discovery of a potential contaminance. What this means it that; we must look for more than one evidence of spiritual contaminance.

The Priest must determine the depth of the contaminance, when this is ascertained the person must be label as contaminated. This must be done by a close examination of the individual. During the examination of the individual, it might be determine that this is only a surface problem and not a deep-rooted problem. The next verse speaks of the steps to be taken.

Lev 13:4 “But if the bright spot is white on the skin of his body, and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and its hair has not turned white, then the priest shall shut up the infected one seven days. – After the investigation, the conclusion by the Priest determines that the doctrinal contamination is only on the surface, and there is no evidence of any deeper issues. That person must be secluded for seven days; in that time period that person must be taken back to the Laver where that problem must be dealt with by the Blood and the Water that flows from the side of El Yahushua.

The concept of closing or shut or isolate also refers to the way our own ego closes us off from our soul development. Instinctively, we are close-minded towards the concept of Kabbalistic truth that often challenges our conventional thinking.

When we open ourselves to the wisdom, knowledge and understanding of Kabbalah and to the idea of change and personal transformation, we open the gates or windows to our soul to receive Light, illumination.

Light is then free to flow to us and fill us, removing all darkness, judgments and plagues. As we connect to this verse with the Spirit of Understanding with an open mind and a receptive heart, the Holy Spirit will enlighten our soul.

This Parasha describe some of the ways in which leprosy can manifest itself. Each of these ailments stems from a deep, concealed spiritual flaw. For instant, inflammation of the skin can be caused by an inflated ego. Ailments associated with the head may relate to the state of our consciousness. If we are in a negative space, mentally or emotionally, this can be expressed through diseases of or in the head.

Ailments of the face can be caused by our own evil eyes, the envious or vengeful glance we direct towards others. Afflictions of the mouth can occur when we engage in evil speech and gossip. Burns on the skin can be related to the anger and rage that burns in our Hearts. Every form of physical ailments has its root in a spiritual flaw that governs our behavior and our actions toward other people.

Every one of us can be a plague carrier, spiritually speaking, if we speak evil about friends or foes, if we consort with others who commit egocentric deeds, if we display intolerance, or if we bear hatred in our heart for other. But the Light that is found here in the words that discuss the various forms of leprosy can expel hatred and intolerance from our heart, enabling us to protect ourselves both from diseases and from being a carrier of plagues.

This light abolishes plagues from our lives and family and inspires gladness, compassion and unconditional love in the heart of mankind.

Whenever we allow our carnal desires to dictate our behavior, we contaminate the body, empower the ego, and weaken the influence of the soul. When there is a danger of tripping the scale permanently to the dark side of the ego, disease occurs to weaken and destroy the negative influence of the body in this sense, disease is purification.

This process of purification is the purpose behind all our plagues and illness. According to Kabbalah, when a person becomes ill, it is a wake-up call that begins a process of cleansing. This process would not have happen if we had only listen to the previous warning given to us before the illness.

Illness and plagues need not be permanent. The body is a physical manifestation of the soul: when the body manifests a illness, it is because part of the soul needs our attention and spiritual work. Once we begin our self-transformation, the illness is no longer necessary as a tool to awaken change so it is removed.

There are several sure-fire ways to perpetuate good health in the body:

 The first is to restrict the ego, the voice we keep hearing in our mind that wants us to blame or control others so that we can feel good or valuable. This voice causes us to judge others because we believe that what we see is all there is.  It s also the voice of that part of us that feels entitled to become angry because things are not going the way we want them to go.

The second way of achieving wellness is through purification, one form of which is pain and suffering.

The third way is to the tools of Kabbalah which include reading this particular Torah portion under the influence of the Spirit of understanding.

The greatest gift the Creator has given to us is the Torah and the Holy Spirit, that allow us to overcome the demands of our ego and cleanse ourselves proactively without any suffering

Lev 13:5 “And the priest shall look at him on the seventh day and see, if the infection appears to be as it was, and the infection has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall shut him up another seven days. – Every seven-day that person should be examine, to see if there are any spiritual changes. Sometime a spiritual contamination may take many levels, or many forms, each must be dealt with individually, until the contamination id removed.

Lev 13:6 “And the priest shall look at him again on the seventh day and see, if the infection has darkened, and the infection has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. It is a scab, and he shall wash his garments and be clean. – After every seven day of isolation and inspection a qualified Minister makes a conclusion, to see if there is any progression or reduction in the infection. The Minister or Pastor will make his assessment base on the level of contamination present compare to the last examination.

There are levels of spiritual contamination. A person may come to a minister and voice an idea that they have heard that is not spiritual contamination. However when that begins to say this is what I believe! Or this doctrine is another form of the truth, when it is obvious that spiritual contamination has taken place.

Lev 13:7 “But if the scab spreads further over the skin, after he has been seen by the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen by the priest again. – If the contamination has been worsened, since the last examination seven days ago. The priest should examine the contaminated person again, in order to determine the next course of action.

Lev 13:8 “And the priest shall look and see, if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean, it is leprosy. – Upon a closer examination of the individual, if the spiritual contamination continues with the same course of action, then the priest or pastor must pronounce that individual spiritual unclean.

Lev 13:9 “When the infection of leprosy is on a man, then he shall be brought to the priest. – Every contamination that is on a man or woman, it must be brought to the Priest or the Pastor. What manifest in the natural has a spiritual equivalent behind it.

This verse discusses the many different forms of leprosy. When the Torah describe a condition of any kind, the description itself acts as an antidote for the condition, in much the same way that the injection of snake venom is the only way to cure a lethal snakebite.

Leprosy is the only plague describes in such detail in the Torah, but it represents many different kinds of maladies that infect our lives. Cancer, for example, is the plague of our own generation; by making a connection to this reading, we can eliminate any trace of disease as well as protect ourselves from potential infection.

Lev 13:10 “And the priest shall look and see, if the swelling on the skin is white, and it has turned the hair white, and there is a spot of raw flesh in the swelling, - The Priest or the Pastor who minister at the Laver, is to examine and counsel that person. He must examine the ailment that infects that person.

Lev 13:11 it is an old leprosy on the skin of his body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He does not shut him up, for he is unclean. - If there is evidence of more than one hair turning white, if there is expose skin, then it is an old leprosy. Raw skin is usually indicative of someone who is very touchy, one that is very sensitive to criticism for example. This is what Torah called old leprosy, an attitude that has been with the individual for a long time. Regardless of the surface area, there is an old festering underneath the apparently healthy skin.

There are a lot of believers who seems ok on the surface, yet underneath, they are suffering from some form of depression such as: Co-dependency, manic-depression only to name a few.

Lev 13:12 “And if leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy shall cover all the skin of the infected one, from his head to his foot, wherever the priest looks, - If the eruption, whatever it was, covered all the skin from head to foot, it was no leprosy; for it was an evidence that the vitals were sound and strong, and nature hereby helped itself, throwing out what was burdensome and pernicious. There is hope in the small-pox when they come out well: so if men freely confess their sins, and hide them not, there is no danger comparable to theirs that cover their sins. Some gather this from it, that there is more hope of the profane than of hypocrites. The publicans and harlots went into the kingdom of heaven before scribes and Pharisees. In one respect, the sudden breakings-out of passion, though bad enough, are not so dangerous as malice concealed. Others gather this, that, if we judge ourselves, we shall not be judged; if we see and own that there is no health in us, no soundness in our flesh, by reason of sin, we shall find grace in the eyes of the Lord. 5. The priest must take time in making his judgment, and not give it rashly.

Lev 13:13 then the priest shall look and see, if the leprosy has covered all his body, he shall pronounce the infected one clean. It has all turned white, he is clean. – The last two verses seem to be a contradiction in terms. How can a person who is completely covered with leprosy be clean? The sense of these two verses is implying that this person must be treated off if he or she is clean and they must be left alone. They are too far-gone for any help for them. Paradoxically, he is declared pure, even Though tzaraas cover his or her entire body.

Lev 13:14 “But the day raw flesh appears on him, he is unclean. – A person who exhibits the nature of been sensitive to criticism as a contamination problem.

Lev 13:15 “And the priest shall look at the raw flesh and pronounce him to be unclean – the raw flesh is unclean, it is leprosy. – It is the attitude that the raw flesh symbolizes that will determine that the person is unclean. It is a contaminated attitude that must be dealt with very quickly. Notice it is Torah that determines what a contaminated influence in our lives is.

The priest must take time in making his judgment, and not give it rashly. If the matter looked suspicious, he must shut up the patient seven days, and then seven days more, that his judgment might be according to truth. This teaches all, both ministers and people, not to be hasty in their censures, nor to judge anything before the time. If some men’s sins go before unto judgment, the sins of others follow after, and so men’s good works; therefore let nothing be done suddenly, 1 Tim. 5:22, 24, 25.

If the person suspected was found to be clean, yet he must wash his clothes verse 6, because he had been under the suspicion, and there had been in him that which gave ground for the suspicion. Even the prisoner that is acquitted must go down on his knees. We have need to be washed in the blood and water that flow from Messiyah from our spots, Though they be not leprosy-spots; for who can say, I am pure from sin? Though there are those who through grace are innocent from the great transgression.

Lev 13:16 “Or when the raw flesh changes and turns white again, he shall come to the priest. – The individual may not return to the Priest unless there are significant changes in the behavior of this person. He or she must submit to the priest every seven days for inspection. No matter how many times the same affliction chows new signs of contamination or purity, it is judge anew each time, until it is healed. This speaks of the progressive nature of counseling; of washing by the blood and the water.

Lev 13:17 “And the priest shall look at him and see, if the infection has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce the infected one clean, he is clean. – It is the priest along, who must determine the progress of the individual in question. When the skin begins to turn white, it means that a new skin is been formed underneath, he may be proclaimed clean. A new skin means a new disposition, a new way of thinking, and a departure from the old way of thinking. A new covering for the fleshly nature.

Verse 18 – 23 elucidates a spiritual point using the principle of inflammation. For the purpose of this passage, any wound to the flesh, whether due to illness or a blow, is known as an inflammation. As long as it has not healed and is still oozing, it cannot be adjudged a tzaraas, even if it may have some of the symptoms.

Once it is completely healed, it is treated like the affliction described above. The verse below discusses the intermediate state: when the wound has begun to heal and a thin layer of skin has formed over it.

Lev 13:18 “And when the body has a boil in the skin, and it is healed, - The priest is describe here as an instructed on what judgment to make if there was any appearance of a leprosy. In an old ulcer, or bile, that has been healed. When old sores, that seemed to be cured, break out again, it is to be feared there is leprosy in them; such is the danger of those who, having escaped the pollutions of the world, are again entangled therein and overcome.

Lev 13:19 and in the place of the boil there comes a white swelling or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be seen by the priest. –The degree of redness applies to all the conditions discussed earlier in the chapter. As long as the primary color is one of the four basic whites, a tinge of red does not change its status.

This verse explains how the colors red and white correspond to uncleanness and purification, respectively.  Red refers to the force of judgment, the first stage to our spiritual enlighten, while white pertains to the energy mercy: as the lily among the thorns is tinged with red and white, so is Yisrael affected by the quality of judgment and mercy.

The sacred words of this verse can remove judgment Red from this world by imparting sweet mercy “white”, which when it is achieve will heel all of humanity. Moreover, our own inclination to judge others harshly is the negated, while compassion and mercy, which we often block off, are allowed to flow from our heart.

This redness refers to all sorts of tzaraas affliction, not only to those of burns and wounds, in the natural, but also affliction of the spirit of man. The Torah mentions redness here, only in connection with inflammations and burns, because redness is most common in such case, not because it applies only to them, but also in the spiritual sense, redness is a point of spiritual contention, irritancy so to speak.

Lev 13:20 “And the priest shall look and see, if it appears deeper than the skin, and its hair has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean, it is a leprous infection which has broken out of the boil. – The Pastor shall examine the individual closer, to see if the irritancy is only on the surface or if there is a root cause behind it. A small thing like a boil can easily turn into an infection. A rape of a young girl can easily turn into a major source of Co-dependency later in the life of the victim, if it is not dealt with quickly and efficiently.

Lev 13:21 “But if the priest looks at it and sees no white hairs in it, and it is not deeper than the skin, but has faded, then the priest shall shut him up seven days; - Notice here that the Pastor, the Counselor, took a precautionary step and seclude the victim another seven days, to see if he had caught all the roots of the contamination. These contamination are like weeds, one small root is all it take for it to resurface itself; that why it is called contamination.

Lev 13:22 and if it has spread further over the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean, it is a leprous infection. –If after the first inspection and seven days later the contamination as spread, then he or she must be label as contaminated.

Lev 13:23 “But if the bright spot stays in its place, it has not spread, it is the scar of the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean. – If however, the symptom had not change, and it was detected as a scar leftover from an injury, the Pastor shall pronounce him or her clean.

A person might show fear because he or she was in a severe accident, but if the person displays an unnatural isolation, that goes beyond the natural caution. Then that person can be classified as an infected person. A person, who displays a phobia for germs and refuses to go outside for fear of contracting such a disease, is one such person.

Lev 13:24 “Or when the body receives a burn on its skin by fire, and the raw flesh of the burn shall become a bright spot, reddish-white or white, - When a person receive a devastating loss of a love one this could be classified as a burn on the skin as there are burns in the spirit.

If a sore spot develops in the spirit, as a result from morning is ok. If however, the mourning continue over an unusual long period of time, then the Pastor need to take a look at this person, to see if the hair, the product of the flesh has change color.

 Lev 13:25 then the priest shall look at it and see, if the hair of the bright spot has turned white, and it appears deeper than the skin, it is leprosy broken out in the burn. And the priest shall pronounce him unclean, it is a leprous infection. - If their demeanor has change, then the mourning is much deeper that the mere lost of a love one; it has become a sociological problem.

Lev 13:26 “But if the priest looks at it and sees there are no white hairs in the bright spot, and it is not deeper than the skin, but has faded, then the priest shall shut him up seven days. – If during a close examination of the individual, the Pastor see, no evidence, or any unusual problem beyond the normal mourning process, the priest shall give them another seven day to make sure.

Sometime the abnormality of the situation require time to manifest itself; therefore more time is given to the individual, and during that time it will manifest itself like a weed if an residue of it remains.

Lev 13:27 “And the priest shall look at him on the seventh day. If it spreads further over the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean, it is a leprous infection. – If after the seven days are over and there is still evidence, there is a good chance that the person has become unclean.

We must also remember that during that period of seven days seclusion, the person is not necessary do nothing. They would be undergoing intensive Torah counseling, to help reduce the problem. 

Lev 13:28 “But if the bright spot stays in its place, and has not spread on the skin, but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn. And the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is the scar from the burn. – If the new temporary attitude of the affected person begins to subside in a normal way, then the Pastor or Counselor can proclaim the individual clean.

Verse 29 – 39 elucidates the law of contamination concerning the head or the faces. Contamination of the head or faces is different from any of those that were describe previously. The essence of the first affliction in this passage, which is known as nesek, is that it causes a loss of hair in the middle of the scalp or the beard.

Most people are very careful about what goes into their mouths, but how many are careful about what emerges from their mouth? What we say can be as negative and destructive as bad food is to our bodies. In Hebrew the word “leprosy” correlates to verbal negativity, as in evil speech. But negativity in speech is not limited to what we actually say; it can also relate to what we do not say, what we hear, and even what we do not hear.

The fact of the matter is, most of the time we talk and talk and talk some more, but we do not listen to what other people have to say to us.

If the baldness appears at the front or back of the head, the laws are different, and are found below in verse 40 – 43. The appearance of white hairs is not a proof of contamination in this case. The only way this part of the body can be host to contamination is if they have hair loss and have the symptoms given in this passage. Hair is an indication of truth. A person can lose their hair but is not contaminated.

A nesek can have two quarantine periods and it can have two proofs of contamination; the emergence of short golden hair or a spread of the affliction.

Lev 13:29 “And when a man, or a woman, has an infection on the head or in the beard, - When anyone has a contamination on their scalp or in the bread. These laws apply only to baldness in the areas where hair had grown once; as long as hair is still there, the scalp and beard area are subjected to the law of tzaraas.

The loss of the natural color of the hair is a sure sign of spiritual contamination. When our natural thinking process deviate from the normal realm of spiritual decency, when we begin to think what is repulsive is now accepted as normal; this is the meaning of the discoloring of the hair.

The head is the deposit of the five senses; this is where contamination enters the body physically and spiritually.

Lev 13:30 then the priest shall look at the infection and see, if it appears deeper than the skin, and there is thin yellow hair in it, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean, it is an eruption, a leprosy of the head or beard. – Why do we have to go see a priest?  If we have to decide whether we are pure or not, it is in our nature to always decide in our favor. Without a doubt, this principle applies to much more than; leprosy. We always see what is wrong with others, but never ourselves. Any characteristic we see in others are actually present in ourselves. This is why the Creator shows us a problem in another person. It is not so that we can point out that person faults; it is so that we can see the problem in our own life.

Even if we understand why we must go to another person to learn what is wrong with ourselves, why does that person need to be a Kohen a Priest? What is so special about a priest?

Spiritually a Kohen or Priest should have the ability to go outside of himself, he does not concentrate on his own needs, but instead is concern on the needs of others. It was in the interest of serving that Abraham had four entrances to his tent. He wanted people to be able to reach him as easily as possible and to come to him through any entrance. Only someone who leaves behind his own sense of self importance and his own needs and desires can see what is wrong with himself and not just what is wrong with others. That is why only a Kohem or Priest could decide who was pure and who was not.

Two golden hair prove contamination only if they appear after the onset of the baldness. Even prior golden hair is also proof of Contamination, if the area later becomes bald. The golden hair will appear weak in statue than the normal hair.

Lev 13:31 “But when the priest looks at the infection of the eruption and sees that it does not appear deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up the one with the infection of the eruption seven days. – The Pastor or Counselor must examine the thinking process of the person suspected of the contamination. The presence of hair other than golden exempt the bald patch from was a sign of contamination, even if the hair is an unnatural color.

This person like all the other must be separated for a period of seven days to investigate the spiritual condition of the individual.

Lev 13:32 “And on the seventh day the priest shall look at the infection and see, if the eruption has not spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the eruption does not appear deeper than the skin, - If neither the symptoms or any sign of the contamination appeared during the seven days of quarantine. However, if the bald spot either spread or develop any golden hair, it would be tamei (unclean) as describe in verse 35 – 36.

Lev 13:33 then he shall shave himself, but the eruption he does not shave. And the priest shall shut up the one with the eruption another seven days. – Hair can mean truth or chaos; light of darkness. He shall shave; this means the removal of chaos or the reconsideration of our thinking process. We obviously cannot shave the contaminated area since it is bald. Two in patch of hair should be left surrounding the affected to see if the contamination had spread any further.

This verse is specifically for healing all forms of Chaos: cancer, heart problems, and any sickness. There is a large Gimel in the Hebrew word vehitgalach mean to shave or cut off, which helps us to connect to Binah, and the flawless Universe. The gimel also stands for the word gomel the sharing, proactive nature of the Creator that is withing each of us.

The power the Pastor is what will allow us to cut off and overcome the intolerance and lack of dignity, which is the cause of all suffering. It is high time we take responsibility for at least removing the chaos from within ourlives.

I would like us to all understand what the purpose of the Holy Spirit in our lives and that we merit having the tools to connect to this  Cosmic Energy, the tool recommended by Yahushua almost 2000 years ago on that famos Pentecost off Act chapter 2. How seriously do we take this covenant we have with Messiyah? How important is it to the development of our consciousness

When I* say we must experience each day of Creation, this is not  theory of mine; it is the step by step developing of the light force within. The majority of believer does not realize how  desperately important it is to our conscious  to be aware of the negative power within; if we change our our behavior from being grounded in selfishness to be grounded in caring and sharing, we are doing ourself a great favour.

Lev 13:34 “And on the seventh day the priest shall look at the eruption and see, if the eruption has not spread over the skin, and does not appear deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. And he shall wash his garments, and he shall be clean. – Seven days later the Pastor should again do a thorough investigation to see if the person who is contaminated had shown any sign of improvement.

The washing of their garment spiritually is to reconsider or spiritual walk. When a person becomes contaminated, it is usually a result of our departure from Torah. It is because of our repeated participation in that sin, that the contamination is developed to signify that we have departed away from the Protection of Torah. Read again Deuteronomy 28:15 on and see what it says about this very plague.

Lev 13:35 “But if the eruption spreads further over the skin after his cleansing, - This verse explain the principle that must be followed after a person had been declared clean.

Lev 13:36 then the priest shall look at him and see, if the eruption has spread over the skin, the priest need not seek for yellow hair, he is unclean. – The law is the same as if a golden hair had been found within the bald spot. The priest must declare this person lost. There is no more that can be done for them.

Lev 13:37 “But if the eruption appears to have stayed, and there is black hair grown up in it, the eruption has healed. He is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean. – If however, the symptoms appears to be responding favorable and normality is returning to that person life, the Pastor/counselor shall proclaim them clean.

Lev 13:38 “And when a man or a woman has bright spots on the skin of the body, white bright spots, - A bright spot that appears on a person skin is a sign that there are thing in a person righteousness that the person had not dealt with, it is now coming to a point that what is happening on the spiritual scale is now manifested on the physical scale.

 We can sometime hide things in the spirit, but it is more difficult to hide them in the natural. The whole purpose of illness is to draw our attention to a more important issue, our spiritual life.

Cancer cannot survive in a spiritual and physical clean body. Much like placing a corn seed on a table, it will not grow; however if garbage and dirt covers the table the corn seed will find a suitable environment in which to grow. So is cancer! When we are admonished not to eat pork, which is a main staple in the western world: Egg and beacon, there are no wonder an outbreak of cancer in our society. The environment has been created for the cancer to be very prominent in our society.

Lev 13:39 then the priest shall look and see, if the bright spots on the skin of the body are dull white, it is a white spot that grows on the skin, he is clean. – The Pastor will look and see the stage of progression the white spot signify, before he renders his decision.

Verse 40 – 43 illustrates the principal surrounding baldness at the back and the front of the head. In the case were someone loses all the hair of the back half of his head, and of the front half of his head, or his beard; the newly bald spot skin is treated like skin anywhere else on the body, with one exception: the presence of or absence of a white hair is immaterial, as noted in verse 29.

Lev 13:40 “And when a man loses the hair of his head, he is bald, he is clean. – According to Kabbalah, baldness actually prevent death. Hair represent truth and the baldness represent the absentl of truth from our lives. Hair is an antenna, a means of connectyion to the Upper World, the source of life. When a person goes suddenly bald, the hair does in place of the person. This does not mean that he is unclean, for there are sin unto death and sin not unto death. 

If he is bald at the back of the head he is pure. The lost of hair is not a contamination “nesek”, and he is not contaminated by virtue of short hair and spreading as in verse 31 – 32.

The bald spot is contaminated only if it develops one of the four shades of white, and the contamination is proven by the appearance of healthy skin within the affected area.

Lev 13:41 “And if the hair has fallen from his forehead, he is bald on the forehead, he is clean. – A person may lose their hair; they may lose their way spiritually; however that does not mean that they are contaminated. They are in what I would call a spiritual neutral state. This is what scripture calls Luke-warm.

Lev 13:42 “And when there is on the bald head or bald forehead a reddish-white infection, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or his bald forehead. – However, someone who has lost their way and a different hair start to appear, it signifies that the contamination process has started. There is still time to reverse the process.

Lev 13:43 “And the priest shall look at it and see, if the swelling of the infection is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy on the skin of the body, - When a person is determine to be a leper, this usually means that they are too far gone, for any hope.

Lev 13:44 he is a leprous man, he is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him unclean, without fail, his infection is on his head. – Since he is unclean, he now becomes a source of contamination to the other people around him and he must be secluded outside the camp.

Verse 45 – 46 deals with the isolation of the contaminated person. The list of tzaraas afflictions has been concluded and the Torah goes on to the law relating to the behavior required of the metzora, the contaminated person.

The rule of the isolation from the community is given in the following two verses, and they apply to all the case discusses in this chapter. The procedure of his cleansing ritual once his affliction has healed is given in the next Parashas.

Lev 13:45 “As for the leper who has the infection, his garments are torn, and his head is uncovered, and he has to cover his upper lip and cry, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ – The Torah wants the contaminated person “The metzora” to conduct himself in a distinctive manner so that people will know to avoid him or her. He must dress and acts like a mourner, to influence himself and to grieve that he had allowed himself to deteriorate to the state that he find himself in.

Lev 13:46 “He is unclean – all the days he has the infection he is unclean. He is unclean, and he dwells alone, his dwelling place is outside the camp. – As part of his punishment and a warning to others, the harshest of punishment is spiritual isolation. That is why El Yahushua said in the Garden if it were possible takes this cup from Me, never the less let EL YAHWEH Will be done.

The isolation of the unclean person is essential for the purification of the ego. Our ego is thje reason for our seclusion and misry. If an individual cannot recognize his or her own ego in a situation, then the ego has blinded the person and place him or her in solitary confinement.

The way we can concuer  our ego is by proactively takingthe time to think; in doing so, we breake the hold our egohas on us and give our Soul the opportunity to speak up so that we canfigure out what we are doing wrong. When we connect to this reading, we are removing the grip of our ego that is the true cause of isolation.

Inbiblical times, dying people went through a process of isolation. This was not necessarily because they were infectious and had to be quaranted, but rather that they were supposed to accomplish some inner spiritual work.

The physical isolation as going to prison provide the individual time for reflction over the situation they are in. When something manifest itself physically, we always have to think about what we did spiritually to bring it about.

The ultimate purpose for of a punishment that fits the crime is to make the sinner aware of what he did and what it has brought upon them. Such reflection should lead them to repentance.

Verse 47 – 48 categories of garments and material that are prone to tzaraas. Wool and linen garments, and all garments made by them. These material become tamei only if they have not been dyed, and only if they are own by a Hebrew.

Warp and woof –the warp consist of the thread that run across the length of the fabric. The woof consists of the thread that crisscrosses at right angle through the warp. By speaking of the warp and woof, which are not yet a finish fabric, but are ready to be woven into one, the Torah teaches that finished threads of wool and linen accept tzaraas.

Leather a hide used to make garment of tent, it must be design for some particular use. Anything fashioned of leather, any finished leather garments, or object. These natural objects can become contaminated, if for example they were gotten Thought ill gains.

Lev 13:47 “And when a garment has an infection of leprosy in it, in a woollen garment or in a linen garment, - According to Kabbalah, our clothing represents our surrounding Light our Chai  as well as our immideate environment.  Every aspect of our physical world whether it is the inanimate kinddom or vegetable kingdom, or the animal kingdom, was created to assist human in completing ther correction.

Everything we do contribute to either the purification or the contamination of our soul. If we share and care and extend ourselves beyond our comfort zone, then the universe we be in harmony.

If we are too busy creating garbage then the universe become a gigantic garbage dump. At this moment we can take responsibility for our thought and our efforts and make a commitment at the seed level, which is the level of our intention to clean up ourselves and the universe.

This is the law concerning the plague of leprosy in a garment, whether linen or woolen, things that keep us cool or things that make us sweath. A leprosy in a garment, with discernible indications of it, the color changed by it, the garment fretted, the nap worn off, and this in someone particular part of the garment, and increasing when it was shut up, and not to be got out by washing is a thing which to us now is altogether unaccountable. The will  learned confess that it was a sign and a miracle in Yisrael, an extraordinary punishment inflicted by the divine power, as a token of great displeasure against a person or family.

Garment in Scripture refers to our righteousness, when there is false teaching in our denomination; it is like an infection that must be dealt with the same way as leprosy. There are many false teaching in the church that a spiritual leprosy: such as Holy matrimony, Holy Communion, and many more.

Lev 13:48 or in the warp or in the weft of linen or wool, or in leather or in any leather-work, - The process was much the same with that concerning a leprous person. The garment suspected to be tainted was not to be burnt immediately, though, it may be, there would have been no great loss of it; for in no case must sentence be given merely upon a surmise, but it must be shown to the priest.

The warp and the weft are the horizontal and vertical strands that are woven to make a garment. This represent our horizontal  and vertical relationship that makes up our righteousness. The love for our Father and the love for our Neighbor. Mat 22:37  Yahushua said unto him, You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38  This is the first and great commandment. 39  And the second is like unto it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40  On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Lev 13:49 and the infection shall be greenish or reddish in the garment or in the leather, or in the warp or in the weft, or in any leather object, it is an infection of leprosy and shall be shown to the priest. – When these signs are obvious it must be shown to the Pastor. This would warrant a confession and a restoration of all ill-gains object. Before, spiritual restoration can be accomplished.

Lev 13:50 “And the priest shall look at the infection and shut up the infected one seven days. – This seven-day if for one to learn the significance of their actions. It is also a public display, that a certain person was isolated for some contamination. This isolation is a time of inspection for one to examine themselves and make the correct modification to their thought words or deeds. Since contamination usually deals with sin, and we sin in three arears thought, words and deeds, it becomes public knowledge. However, after the isolation is completed by a person, that isolation should produce the necessary purification. When that purification is completed it must never be mention again by anyone for that person have now become an overcommer.

Lev 13:51 “And he shall look at the infection on the seventh day. And when the infection has spread in the garment, or in the warp or in the weft, or in the leather or any leather-work, the infection is an active leprosy, it is unclean. – Seven days later the person is inspected again, to see if the infection have subsided. However if it had spread to the garment, then the person has an active contamination. Garment in this example speaks of our form of righteousness. A compatible reference today would be our religious activity. There are many garments today as there are religions. Those of us who wear tassels on the ends of our garments, have a better chance to prevent the contamination of their garments. Num 15:38  "Speak to the Yisraelites and tell them: For generations to come they must wear tassels on the corners of their clothes with violet threads in each tassel. 39  Whenever you look at the threads in the tassel, you will remember all YAHWEH'S commands and obey them. Then you won't do whatever you want and go after whatever you see, as if you were chasing after false religion. This tassel are like the hair on a person body, it is an antenna that connect us to the light. The tassel are the antenna that connect our garment to righteousness.

Lev 13:52 “And he shall burn that garment, or the warp or the weft, in wool or in linen, or any leather object in which the infection is, for it is an active leprosy. It is burned with fire. – The individual will suffer financial loss for the contamination that came upon the garment since it was gotten through ill means, since the garment must be burnt.

Lev 13:53 “But if the priest looks and sees that the infection has not spread in the garment, or in the warp or in the weft, or in any leather object, - If, upon search, it was found that there was a leprous spot, it must be burnt, or at least that part of the garment in which the spot was. If the cause of the suspicion was gone, it must be washed, and then might be used. The signification also was much the same, to intimate the great malignity there is in sin: it not only defiles the sinner’s conscience, but it brings a stain upon all his employments and enjoyments, all he has and all he does. To those that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure, Tit. 1:15. And we are taught to hate even the garments spotted with the flesh, Jude 23. Those that make their clothes, their righteousness servants to their pride and lust may see them thereby tainted with leprosy, and doomed to the fire, Isa. 3:18–24. But the ornament of the hidden man of the heart is incorruptible, 1 Pt. 3:4. The robes of righteousness never wearout nor are it eaten by moth.

Lev 13:54 then the priest shall give command, and they shall wash that in which the infection is. And he shall shut it up another seven days. – After the examination and the Pastor determine that the contamination had not spread into the garment, it must be wash in the Blood and water that flow from the Side of Yahushua, another seven day of seclusion.

This washing in the blood and water, is the atonement and the removal of the guilt of the owner. Then a further seven days is require to see if a total atonement had been made.

Lev 13:55 “And the priest shall look at the infection after it has been washed and see, if the infection has not changed its appearance, though the infection has not spread, it is unclean, and burn it in the fire – it is eaten away, in its inside or outside. – What happen in the natural has a spiritual counterpart. If the owner had not confess his or her sins and make the proper atonement that the infection would not have continue or spread, and continue to eat away at the fabric. The fabric should be burn in fire.

Lev 13:56 “And if the priest shall look and see that the infection has faded after washing it, then he shall tear it out of the garment, or out of the warp, or out of the weft, or out of the leather. – If the Pastor/counselor sees that the infection had faded after repentance and atonement, then he shall remove by tearing it out of the garment. This action shows our willingness to remove the contamination, even at the expense of the Garment.

Lev 13:57 “And if it is still seen in the garment, or in the warp or in the weft, or in any leather object, it is a spreading infection. Burn it with fire, that in which the infection is. – Even after the drastic steps have been taken, a further drastic step of total destruction maybe warranted.

Lev 13:58 “And if you wash the garment, or the warp or the weft, or any leather object, if the infection has disappeared from it, then it shall be washed a second time, and shall be clean. – A second stage of washing is required for certain persistent contamination. For example a person might steal the leather garment, and a contamination appears in it, an atonement and restoration might not be enough, for there is an underlying root cause to the problem. The second washing is to remove the underlying reason, which could be selfishness.

Lev 13:59 “This is the Torah of the infection of leprosy in a garment of wool or linen, or in the warp or in the weft, or in any leather object, to pronounce it clean or to pronounce it unclean.” - This is the law or the principle of the Ministry of the Pastor, who deals with these personal issues facing all of us. The mature person, who the pastor represents, would be well capable of dealing with these issues at the Laver that represent the Blood and the Water that flow from the Side of El Yahushua.

This is a form of washing the hands and feet of the believers, our works and our walks, as we strive for perfection. May we all walk worthy of the mark of the higher calling?