Parashat Tazria-Metzora 5105 / פָּרָשַׁת תַזְרִיעַ־מְּצֹרָע
/ 6 Iyyar 5105 (Diaspora)
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Parashat Tazria-Metzora is the 27th and 28th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
This page displays the Diaspora Torah reading for Tazria-Metzora 5105. The Israel schedule is used by Jews living in modern Israel.
Torah Portion: Leviticus 12:1-15:33
Tazria (“She Bears Seed”) opens by describing the purification process for a woman after childbirth. It then describes different forms of tzaraat, a discoloration condition on skin or clothing, and the requirement of an infected person to dwell alone outside the camp and be inspected by a priest. Metzora opens by describing the purification process and accompanying sacrifices for one infected with tzaraat, a discoloration condition on the skin. It then describes the process of treating a house infected with tzaraat and the ritual impurity generated by certain bodily discharges. [1]
Full Kriyah
- 1: 12:1-13:23 · 31 p’sukim
- 2: 13:24-39 · 16 p’sukim
- 3: 13:40-54 · 15 p’sukim
- 4: 13:55-14:20 · 25 p’sukim
- 5: 14:21-32 · 12 p’sukim
- 6: 14:33-15:15 · 40 p’sukim
- 7: 15:16-33 · 18 p’sukim
- maf: 15:31-33 · 3 p’sukim
Haftarah: II Kings 7:3-20 · 18 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Tazria: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
List of Dates
Parashat Tazria-Metzora is read in the Diaspora on:References
- Parashat Tazria from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.
- Tazria (Leviticus 12:1-13:59) and Haftarah (II Kings 7:3-20): The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary (JPS Study Bible) (paid link)
- Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, Jewish Publication Society, 2017
- The Chumash: The Stone Edition (Artscroll Series) (paid link)
- Nosson Scherman, Mesorah Publications, 1993
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