Parashat Metzorah
“Infected One”

8 Aviv 5782
April 9, 2022

Torah Reading

• Leviticus 14:1-15:33
Adonai said to Moshe, “This is to be the law concerning the person afflicted with tzara`at on the day of his purification.
(Leviticus 14:1-2 CJB)

Haftarah Reading

• 2 Kings 7:3-20

New Testament Reading

• Matthew 23:16-24:2, 24:30-31

Suggested Psalm

• Psalm 120
A song of ascents:
I called to Adonai in my distress,
and he answered me.
Rescue me, Adonai, from lips that tell lies,
from a tongue full of deceit.
(Psalms 120:1-2 CJB)

Aliyot

The seven aliyot readings from the Torah begin at these verses:

1. Leviticus 14:1
2. Leviticus 14:13
3. Leviticus 14:21
4. Leviticus 14:33
5. Leviticus 14:54
6. Leviticus 15:16
7. Leviticus 15:29

Maftir: Leviticus 15:31

Meditation

Tree zones of holiness separate the LORD from the nations: the most holy macheneh sh’chinah (camp of the glory), the holy camp of the Levites, and the camp of Yisra’el. Holiness limits everyone’s access to God’s Presence… Impurity not rectified threatens the nation.
– from Walk Leviticus! by Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg, Ph.D., used by permission.

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Torah Portion readings and the associated Haftarah readings generally follow the Stone Edition Chumash and/or the Complete Jewish Bible. Verse numbering generally follows the Hebrew tradition, and where modern Christian traditions differ those verse numbers are shown in parentheses (). Haftarah readings generally follow the Ashkenazi tradition. Where the Sephardic tradition differs, the Haftarah portions are designated as (A) and (S). Suggested New Testament readings are taken from various sources. Suggested Psalm readings are from the Messianic Siddur for Shabbat by Daniel Perek. The Key People, The Scenes, and The Main Events are taken from the Walk! series of Messianic Devotion Commentaries by Dr. Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg. Unless otherwise marked, Scripture quotations are taken from the Complete Jewish Bible, Copyright © 1998 and 2016 by David H. Stern. Used by permission. All copyrights reserved worldwide.

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