METZORA | Week 28

The commands given for the person afflicted with TZARA’AT on the day of their purification ritual are explicit. Some responsibility was given to the afflicted, to gather the needed ritual elements after being examined outside the camp by a priest. Some of the responsibility lay with the priest (Cohen) as to the instructions for the sacrificial elements, the order of service, and the finalizing of the purification rights which would bring the afflicted back into the community where they belonged. The entire ritual of examinations, separation from the community, re-examination every seven days, and finally the purification rituals of the cleansing bath or MIKVEH, would be an extremely humbling experience.

Adonai, what is in this lesson for us today? What mystery is waiting to be uncovered by the recounting of the purification ritual for a Jew at Mount Sinai today, for the Wild Olive Branch? What is it about the sacred bundle of cedar wood, hyssop leaves, and scarlet thread; binding the sacrificial bird into a bundle of purification?

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