April 20, 2024 | 12 Ziv (Iyyar)
Parshat: Vayiqra (Leviticus) 12:1 - 13:59
1 And Yahuah spoke to Mosheh, saying: 2 Speak to the children of Yashar'el, saying: If a woman has conceived seed, and has born a male child: then she shall be unclean for seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. 3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying thirty-three days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying are fulfilled. 5 But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean for two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. 6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for an ascending smoke offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, to the door of the Tabernacle of the assembly, to the priest: 7 Who shall offer it before Yahuah and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the Torah for her that has born a male or a female. 8 And if she is not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons; the one for the ascending smoke offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
Chapter 13
1 And Yahuah spoke to El-Mosheh and El-Aharon, saying: 2 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it is in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought to El-Aharon the priest, or to one of his sons the priests: 3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight is deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. 4 If the bright spot is white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight is not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof is not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that has the plague seven days: 5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight is at a stay, and the plague has not spread in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up for seven days more: 6 And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague is somewhat dark, and the plague did not spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and is clean. 7 But if the scab has spread abroad in the skin, after he has been seen by the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again: 8 And if the priest sees that behold, the scab spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
9 When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought to the priest; 10 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising is white in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is quick raw flesh in the rising; 11 It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean. 12 And if a leprosy breaks out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy covers את all the skin of him that has the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looks; 13 Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy has covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that has the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean. 14 But when raw flesh appears in him, he shall be unclean. 15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy. 16 Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white, he shall come to the priest; 17 And the priest shall see him: and behold, if the plague is turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean of the plague: he is clean.
18 The flesh also, in which, in the skin thereof, there was a boil, and is healed, 19 And in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it is showed to the priest; 20 And if, when the priest sees it, behold, it is in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof is turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil. 21 But if the priest looks on it, and, behold, there is no white hairs therein, and if it is not lower than the skin, but is somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: 22 And if it spreads abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague. 23 But if the bright spot stays in its place, and does not spread, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
24 Or if there is any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burns have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white; 25 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot is turned white, and it is in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. 26 But if the priest looks on it, and, behold, there is no white hair in the bright spot, and it is no lower than the other skin, but is somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: 27 And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it is spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. 28 And if the bright spot stays in its place, and does not spread in the skin, but it is somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.
29 If a man or woman has a plague upon the head or the beard; 30 Then the priest shall see the plague: and behold, if it is in sight deeper than the skin; and there is in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard. 31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it is not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that has the plague of the scall for seven days: 32 And on the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall did not spread, and there is in it no yellow hair, and the scall is not in sight deeper than the skin; 33 He shall be shaved, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that has the scall for seven days more: 34 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall is not spread in the skin, nor is in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and is clean. 35 But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing; 36 Then the priest shall look on him: and behold, if the scall is spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean. 37 But if the scall is in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
38 If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; 39 Then the priest shall look: and behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh is darkish white; it is a freckled spot that grows in the skin; he is clean. 40 And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. 41 And he that has his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean. 42 And if there is in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead. 43 Then the priest shall look upon it: and behold, if the rising of the sore is white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appears in the skin of the flesh; 44 He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head. 45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry: Unclean, unclean. 46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; his habitation is outside the camp.
47 The garment also in which the plague of leprosy, whether it is a woolen garment, or a linen garment; 48 Whether it is in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woolen; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin; 49 And if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest: 50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut it up with the plague for seven days: 51 And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague is spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean. 52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woolen or in linen, or anything of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. 53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague is not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; 54 Then the priest shall command that they wash את the thing in which is the plague, and he shall shut it up for seven days more: 55 And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague has not changed its color, and the plague is not spread; it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it is bare within or without. 56 And if the priest looks, and, behold, the plague is somewhat dark after its washing; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: 57 And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; it is a spreading plague: you shall burn את that in which there is plague with fire. 58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which you shall wash, if the plague is departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. 59 This is the Torah of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woolen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or anything of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
Haftorah: Melekiym Sheniy (2 Kings) 4:42 - 5:19
42 And there came a man from Ba'al Shalishah and brought the man of Elohiym bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said: Give to the people, that they may eat. 43 And his servitor said: What, should I set this before a hundred men? He said again: Give the people, that they may eat, for thus says Yahuah: They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. 44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the Word of Yahuah.
Chapter 5
1 Now Na'aman, captain of the host of the king of Aram, was a great man with his adoniy, and honorable, because by him Yahuah had given deliverance to Aram: he was also a mighty man in valor, but he was a leper. 2 And the Arammiym had gone out by companies and had brought away captive out of the land of Yashar'el a little maid; and she waited on Na'aman's woman. 3 And she said to her mistress: Would to Elohiym my adoniy were with the prophet that is in Shomeron! for he would recover him of his leprosy. 4 And one went in, and told his adoniy, saying: Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Yashar'el. 5 And the king of Aram said: Go to, go, and I will send a cepher to the king of Yashar'el. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. 6 And he brought the cepher to the king of Yashar'el, saying: Now when this cepher is come to you, behold, I have therewith sent Na'aman my servant to you, that you may recover him of his leprosy. 7 And it came to pass, when the king of Yashar'el had read the cepher, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I Elohiym, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to recover a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray, and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.
8 And it was so, when Eliysha the man of Elohiym had heard that the king of Yashar'el had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying: Wherefore have you rent your clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Yashar'el. 9 So Na'aman came with his horses and with his chariot and stood at the door of the house of Eliysha. 10 And Eliysha sent a messenger to him, saying: Go and wash in the Yardan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean. 11 But Na'aman was angry, and went away, and said: Behold, I thought: He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Yahuah Elohayu, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 12 Are not Abanah and Parpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Yashar'el? May I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near, and spoke to him, and said: My father, if the prophet had bid you do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much rather then, when he says to you: Wash, and be clean? 14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in the Yardan, according to the saying of the man of Elohiym: and his flesh came again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
15 And he returned to the man of Elohiym, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said: Behold, now I know that there is no Elohiym in all the earth, but in Yashar'el: now therefore, I pray, take a blessing of your servant. 16 But he said, As Yahuah lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. 17 And Na'aman said: Shall there not then, I pray, be given to your servant two mules' burden of earth? For your servant will henceforth offer neither ascending smoke offering nor sacrifice to other elohiym, but to Yahuah. 18 In this thing Yahuah pardon your servant, that when my adoniy goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, Yahuah pardon your servant in this thing. 19 And he said to him: Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
Besorah: Marqus (Mark) 9:14-50
14 And when he came to his Talmidiym, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. 15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and ran to him, and saluted him. 16 And he asked the scribes: What question do you have with them? 17 And one of the multitude answered and said: Rabbi, I have brought to you my son, who has a mute ruach; 18 And wheresoever he takes him, he tears him: and he foams, and gnashes with his teeth, and pines away: and I spoke to your Talmidiym that they should cast him out; and they could not. 19 He answered him, and said: O faithless nation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him to me. 20 And they brought him to him: and when he saw him, straightway the ruach tore him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. 21 And he asked his father: How long ago is it since this came to him? And he said: As a child. 22 And oftentimes it has cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us. 23 Yahusha said to him: If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes. 24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears: Adonai, I believe; help my unbelief. 25 When Yahusha saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul ruach, saying to him: You mute and deaf ruach, I charge you, come out of him, and enter no more into him. 26 And the ruach cried, and rent him sorely, and came out of him: and he was as dead; so much so that many said: He is dead. 27 But Yahusha took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. 28 And when he had come into the house, his Talmidiym asked him privately: Why could we not cast him out? 29 And he said to them: This kind can come forth by nothing except by prayer and fasting.
30 And they departed from there and passed through Galiyl; and he would not allow that any man should know of it. 31 For he taught his Talmidiym and said to them: The Son of A'dam is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise on the third day. 32 But they did not understand that saying and את were afraid to ask him.
33 And he came to Kapharnachum, and being in the house he asked them: What was it that you disputed among yourselves by the way? 34 But they held their peace; for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. 35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and said to them: If any man desires to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. 36 And he took a child and set him in the midst of them. And when he had taken him in his arms, he said to them: 37 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receives me: and whosoever shall receive me, receives not me, but him who sent me.
38 And Yochanon answered him, saying: Rabbi, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and he does not follow us: and we forbade him, because he does not follow us. 39 But Yahusha said: Forbid him not: for there is no man who shall do a miracle in my name, which can lightly speak evil of me. 40 For he that is not against us is on our part. 41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Mashiach, amein I say to you, he shall not lose his reward. 42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone was hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. 43 And if your hand offends you, cut it off: it is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into Gey Hinnom, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
44 Where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.
45 And if your foot offends you, cut it off: it is better for you to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into Gey Hinnom, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
46 Where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.
47 And if your eye offends you, pluck it out: it is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of Elohiym with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into the fire of Gey Hinnom:
48 Where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.
49 For everyone shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. 50 Salt is good: but if the salt has lost his saltness, wherewith will you season it? Have salt in yourselves and have peace one with another.