tzara’at

Healing, Isolation, and the Modern Metzora

By Teresa Samtur, WLCJ Recording Secretary “I am a stranger in this world, and there is a severe solitude and painful lonesomeness in my exile.” — Kahlil Gibran When I began thinking about this week’s double Torah portion, Tazria-Metzora, I thought I would write about adoption, motherhood, and my adult bat mitzvah. Tazria-Metzora was the Torah portion for that Continue Reading »