Torah
Trivia for Parshah 27. Tazria (Questions
Only)
1.)
Can you describe: a.) the number of days a mor (mother) remains
ritually unclean (as during her menstruation) after giving birth to a son; b.) on
what day the son is circumcised; and,
c.) the number of additional days the
mor is to wait whilst continuing to be ritually unclean?
2.)
Can you describe: a.) the number of days a mor remains ritually
unclean (as during her menstruation) after giving birth to a daughter; and, b.)
the number of additional days the mor is to wait whilst continuing to be
unclean?
3.)
Can you match the symptoms with the appropriately corresponding
diagnoses and prescriptions:
Symptoms: Diagnosis:
1.) The person has sores/rash/swelling/ discolouration
on the skin of the body, that penetrates beneath the skin, with white hairs
within such areas;
2.) The person has white discolouration on the
surface of the skin, with “coloured” hairs;
a.) The person is diagnosed with leprosy and is
isolated from the community;
b.)
The person is diagnosed with an infection and is quarantined for 7 days
until further examination?
4.)
Can you match the 3 symptoms with the appropriately corresponding 3
diagnoses and prescriptions, for a person who is quarantined for an initial 7
days?
Symptoms:
1.) The
scaly infection remains unchanged in colour and the disease abstains from
spreading;
2.) After an
additional 7 days, the scaly infection fades and abstains from spreading;
3.) After an
additional 7 days, the scaly infection spreads;
Diagnoses and Prescriptions:
a.)
The person maintains the diagnosis of an infection and is quarantined
for another 7 days;
b.)
The person is diagnosed with a rash, is deemed pure, and is instructed
to wash that person’s clothes;
c.)
The person is diagnosed with leprosy, and is isolated from the
community?
5.)
Can you match the 2 symptoms with the appropriately corresponding 2
diagnoses, for a person with sores/rash that covers the person’s entire body?
Symptoms:
1.) A person
becomes entirely white with a scaly infection covering the person, from foot to
head;
2.) A person
has a scaly infection where there is some raw, exposed flesh;
Diagnoses:
a.)
The person is deemed to be pure;
b.)
The person is diagnosed with leprosy?
6.)
Can you match the 4 symptoms with the appropriately corresponding 4
diagnoses and prescriptions, for a person who experiences a red or white sore/inflammation
after having a previously healed infection?
Symptoms:
1.) The
inflammation appears beneath the skin and the hair is turned white;
2.) The
inflammation fades, without appearing beneath the skin, and the hair abstains from
turning white;
3.) After a
7-day quarantine, the inflammation spreads within the skin;
4.) After a
7-day quarantine, the discolouration remains stationary;
Diagnoses and Prescriptions:
a.)
The person is diagnosed with leprosy and is isolated from the community;
b.)
The person is diagnosed with an inflammation and is quarantined for 7
days;
c.)
The person is diagnosed with leprosy and is isolated from the community;
d.)
The person is deemed to be pure?
7.)
Can you match 4 symptoms with the appropriately corresponding 4
diagnoses and prescriptions, for a person who experiences red or white sores
after experiencing a burn?
Symptoms:
1.) The
sores appear deeper than the skin and some hair turns white;
2.) The
sores are only on the surface and there is an absence of white hair;
3.) After 7
days of quarantine, the sores spread throughout the skin;
4.) After 7
days of quarantine, the sores remain stationary and are faded;
Diagnoses and Prescriptions:
a.)
The person is diagnosed with sores and is quarantined for 7 days;
b.)
The person is diagnosed with leprosy and is isolated from the community;
c.)
The person is diagnosed with a scar, resulting from a burn, and is
deemed to be pure;
d.)
The person is diagnosed with leprosy and is isolated from the community?
8.)
Can you match 6 symptoms with the appropriately corresponding 6
diagnoses and prescriptions, for a person who experiences an infection upon the
scalp or chin?
Symptoms:
1.) The
infection penetrates the skin, and there is yellow hair;
2.) The
infection remains only on the surface of the skin, yet there is an absence of
black hair;
3.) After a
7-day quarantine, the infection abstains from spreading and from penetrating
the skin, and there is an absence of yellow hair;
4.) After a
2nd 7-day quarantine, the infection abstains from spreading or
penetrating the skin;
5.) After a
2nd 7-day quarantine, the infection spreads;
6.) After a
2nd 7-day quarantine, the infection remains unchanged in colour, yet
black hair grows in it;
Diagnoses and Prescriptions:
a.)
The person is diagnosed with an infection and is quarantined for 7 days;
b.)
The person is diagnosed with a leprosy of the chin or scalp and is
isolated from the community;
c.)
The person is diagnosed with an infection, is instructed to shave off
the person’s hair (except the area of the infection), and is quarantined for
another 7 days;
d.)
The infection of the person is determined to be healed, and the person
is deemed to be pure.
e.)
The person is diagnosed with a leprosy of the chin or scalp and is
isolated from the community;
f.)
The person is deemed pure, and is instructed to wash the person’s
clothes?
9.)
Can you match the 3 symptoms with the appropriately corresponding 3
diagnoses, for a person who experiences an infection within a balding area?
Symptom:
1.) A man becomes bald;
2.) A man
becomes bald within the forehead;
3.) A man
experiences red and white swollen sores within a balding area;
Diagnoses:
a.)
The man is pure;
b.)
The man is pure;
c.)
The man is diagnosed with leprosy?
10.)
Can you describe what a person, who is diagnosed with leprosy, is
commanded to declare after receiving such a diagnosis:
a.) “Let’s pop the bubbly: Party over here!”;
b.) “Impure!
Impure!”;
c.) “Please pass the soap and water.”;
d.) “Let’s wait and sit,
abstain from
spit,
get the
sacrifice lit,
‘til all my
bits are fit.”;
e.) “I would like to receive a second opinion from
another כהן, thank
you.”
f.)
“How much is this going to cost me?”
11.)
Can you describe where a person, who is diagnosed with leprosy, is
commanded to reside after receiving such a diagnosis?
a.) Lepers are to live outside the camp;
b.) Lepers are to live in palaces on the tops of
hills;
c.) Lepers are to live in Monasteries within a
quiet enclave in the woods;
d.) Lepers are to live in a level 3, maximum
security, penitentiary;
e.) Lepers are to live in undisclosed sanatorium
f.)
Lepers are to live in distant,
outer-hemispheric colonies beyond the Earth;
g.) Lepers are to live within animated cartoon
metropolises at the bottom of the oceans;
h.) Lepers are to live exclusively within
penthouse apartments;
i.)
Lepers are to live in outer-beltway suburban
cul de sacs;
j.)
Lepers are to live in sewers;
k.) Lepers are to live within fields amidst the
wild animals;
l.)
Lepers are to live wherever lepers sho’ nuff
please?
12.)
Can you match the 7 symptoms with 7 diagnoses and prescriptions,
regarding a mildew infection occurring within cloth, wool, linen, or leather
material?
Symptoms:
1.) An item
has a green or red streak of mildew infection;
2.) After a
7-day quarantine, the mildew infection spreads;
3.) After a
7-day quarantine, the mildew infection abstains from spreading;
4.) After
being washed, and after a 2nd 7-day quarantine, the mildew infection
remains unchanged in colour or size;
5.) After
being washed, and after a 2nd 7-day quarantine, the mildew infection
is faded;
6.) After
having the infected portion of the material removed, the mildew infection
reappears within the remaining material;
7.) After
having the infected portion of the material removed, the mildew infection
disappears;
Diagnoses and Prescriptions:
a.)
The item is diagnosed with a mildew infection and is quarantined for 7
days;
b.)
The item is diagnosed with a malignant infection and is burned;
c.)
The item is diagnosed with a mildew infection, is washed, and is
quarantined for another 7 days;
d.)
The item is diagnosed with a malignant infection and is burned;
e.)
The item is diagnosed with a mildew infection, and the portion
containing the mildew infection is cut and removed from the item;
f.)
The item is diagnosed with a malignant infection and is burned;
g.)
The item is washed on a 2nd occasion and is deemed to be
pure?
Torah
Trivia for Parshah 27. Tazria (with
Answers)
1.)
Can you describe: a.) the number of days a mor (mother) remains
ritually unclean (as during her menstruation) after giving birth to a son; b.) on
what day the son is circumcised; and,
c.) the number of additional days the
mor is to wait whilst continuing to be ritually unclean?
Answer:
a.) The mor is ritually unclean (as during her
menstruation) for 7 days (Vayikra 12:2);
b.) The son is circumcised on the 8th
day (Vayikra 12:3); and,
c.) The mor remains in a state of blood
purification for an additional 33 days (Vayikra 12:4);
“Speak to the Israelite people thus: When a woman at childbirth bears a male, she
shall be impure seven days; she shall be
impure as at the time of her menstrual infirmity.—On the eighth day the flesh
of his foreskin shall be circumcised.—She shall remain in a state of blood
purification for thirty-three days: she
shall not touch any consecrated thing, nor enter the sanctuary until her period
of purification is completed.” (Vayikra
12:2 – 4).
2.)
Can you describe: a.) the number of days a mor remains ritually
unclean (as during her menstruation) after giving birth to a daughter; and, b.)
the number of additional days the mor is to wait whilst continuing to be
unclean?
Answer:
a.) The mor is ritually unclean (as during her
menstruation) for 14 days (Vayikra 12:5);
and,
b.) The mor remains in a state of blood
purification for an additional 66 days (Vayikra 12:5);
“If she bears a female, she shall be impure two
weeks as during her menstruation, and she shall remain in a state of blood purification
for sixty-six days.” (Vayikra 12:5).
3.)
Can you match the symptoms with the appropriately corresponding diagnoses
and prescriptions:
Symptoms: Diagnosis:
1.)
The person has sores/rash/swelling/ discolouration
on the skin of the body, that penetrates beneath the skin, with white hairs
within such areas;
2.) The person has white discolouration on the surface
of the skin, with “coloured” hairs;
a.) The person is diagnosed with leprosy and is
isolated from the community;
b.)
The person is diagnosed with an infection and is quarantined for 7 days
until further examination?
Answer:
The appropriate matches are:
1.) a.); and 2.)
b.):
“When a person has on the skin of his body a
swelling, a rash, or a discoloration, and it develops into a scaly affection on
the skin of his body, it shall be reported to Aaron the priest or to one of his
sons, the priests. The priest shall
examine the affection on the skin of his body:
if hair in the affected patch has turned white and the affection appears
to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a leprous affection; when the priest sees it, he shall pronounce
him impure. But if it is a white
discoloration on the skin of his body which does not appear to be deeper than
the skin and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall isolate the
affected person for seven days.”
(Vayikra 13:2 – 4).
4.)
Can you match the 3 symptoms with the appropriately corresponding 3
diagnoses and prescriptions, for a person who is quarantined for an initial 7
days?
Symptoms:
1.) The
scaly infection remains unchanged in colour and the disease abstains from
spreading;
2.) After an
additional 7 days, the scaly infection fades and abstains from spreading;
3.) After an
additional 7 days, the scaly infection spreads;
Diagnoses and Prescriptions:
a.)
The person maintains the diagnosis of an infection and is quarantined
for another 7 days;
b.)
The person is diagnosed with a rash, is deemed pure, and is instructed
to wash that person’s clothes;
c.)
The person is diagnosed with leprosy, and is isolated from the
community?
Answer: The appropriate matches are: 1.)
a.); 2.) b.);
and, 3.) c.):
“On the seventh day the priest shall examine him,
and if the affection has remained unchanged in color and the disease has not
spread on the skin, the priest shall isolate him for another seven days. On the seventh day the priest shall examine
him again: if the affection has faded and
has not spread on the skin, the priest shall pronounce him pure. It is a rash;
he shall wash his clothes, and he shall be pure. But if the rash should spread on the skin
after he has presented himself to the priest and been pronounced pure, he shall
present himself again to the priest. And
if the priest sees that the rash has spread on the skin, the priest shall
pronounce him impure; it is leprosy.” (Vayikra 13:5 – 8).
5.)
Can you match the 2 symptoms with the appropriately corresponding 2
diagnoses, for a person with sores/rash that covers the person’s entire body?
Symptoms:
1.) A person
becomes entirely white with a scaly infection covering the person, from foot to
head;
2.) A person
has a scaly infection where there is some raw, exposed flesh;
Diagnoses:
a.)
The person is deemed to be pure;
b.)
The person is diagnosed with leprosy?
Answer: The appropriate matching is: 1.)
a.); and 2.) b.):
“If the eruption spreads out over the skin so that it
covers all the skin of the affected person from head to foot, wherever the
priest can see—if the priest sees that the eruption has covered the whole
body—he shall pronounce the affected person pure; he is pure, for he has turned all white. But as soon as undiscolored flesh appears in
it, he shall be impure; when the priest
sees the undiscolored flesh, he shall pronounce him impure. The undiscolored flesh is impure; it is leprosy. But if the undiscolored flesh again turns
white, he shall come to the priest, and the priest shall examine him: if the affection has turned white, the priest
shall pronounce the affected person pure;
he is pure.” (Vayikra 13:12 –
17).
6.)
Can you match the 4 symptoms with the appropriately corresponding 4
diagnoses and prescriptions, for a person who experiences a red or white sore/inflammation
after having a previously healed infection?
Symptoms:
1.) The
inflammation appears beneath the skin and the hair is turned white;
2.) The inflammation
fades, without appearing beneath the skin, and the hair abstains from turning
white;
3.) After a
7-day quarantine, the inflammation spreads within the skin;
4.) After a
7-day quarantine, the discolouration remains stationary;
Diagnoses and Prescriptions:
a.)
The person is diagnosed with leprosy and is isolated from the community;
b.)
The person is diagnosed with an inflammation and is quarantined for 7
days;
c.)
The person is diagnosed with leprosy and is isolated from the community;
d.)
The person is deemed to be pure?
Answer: The
appropriate matching is: 1.) a.);
2.) b.); 3.)
c.); and, 4.) d.) (recognising, admittedly, that a.) and
c.) are effectively identical):
“When an inflammation appears on the skin of one’s
body and it heals, and a white swelling or a white discoloration streaked with
red develops where the inflammation was, he shall present himself to the
priest. If the priest finds that it
appears lower than the rest of the skin and that the hair in it has turned
white, the priest shall pronounce him impure;
it is a leprous affection that has broken out in the inflammation. But if the priest finds that there is no
white hair in it and it is not lower than the rest of the skin, and it is
faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days. If it should spread in the skin, the priest
shall pronounce him impure; it is an
affection. But if the discoloration
remains stationary, not having spread, it is the scar of the inflammation; the priest shall pronounce him pure.” (Vayikra 13:18 – 23).
7.)
Can you match 4 symptoms with the appropriately corresponding 4
diagnoses and prescriptions, for a person who experiences red or white sores
after experiencing a burn?
Symptoms:
1.) The
sores appear deeper than the skin and some hair turns white;
2.) The
sores are only on the surface and there is an absence of white hair;
3.) After 7
days of quarantine, the sores spread throughout the skin;
4.) After 7
days of quarantine, the sores remain stationary and are faded;
Diagnoses and Prescriptions:
a.)
The person is diagnosed with sores and is quarantined for 7 days;
b.)
The person is diagnosed with leprosy and is isolated from the community;
c.)
The person is diagnosed with a scar, resulting from a burn, and is
deemed to be pure;
d.)
The person is diagnosed with leprosy and is isolated from the community?
Answer: The appropriate matches are: 1.)
b.); 2.) a.);
3.) d.); and, 4.)
c.):
“When the skin of one’s body sustains a burn by
fire, and the patch from the burn is a discoloration, either white streaked
with red, or white, the priest shall examine it. If some hair has turned white in the
discoloration, which itself appears to go deeper than the skin, it is leprosy
that has broken out in the burn. The
priest shall pronounce him impure; it is
a leprous affection. But if the priest
finds that there is no white hair in the discoloration, and that it is not
lower than the rest of the skin, and it is faded, the priest shall isolate him
for seven days. On the seventh day the
priest shall examine him: if it has
spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him impure; it is a leprous affection. But if the discoloration has remained
stationary, not having spread on the skin, and it is faded, it is the swelling
from the burn. The priest shall
pronounce him pure, for it is the scar of the burn.” (Vayikra 13:24 – 28).
8.)
Can you match 6 symptoms with the appropriately corresponding 6
diagnoses and prescriptions, for a person who experiences an infection upon the
scalp or chin?
Symptoms:
1.) The
infection penetrates the skin, and there is yellow hair;
2.) The
infection remains only on the surface of the skin, yet there is an absence of
black hair;
3.) After a
7-day quarantine, the infection abstains from spreading and from penetrating
the skin, and there is an absence of yellow hair;
4.) After a
2nd 7-day quarantine, the infection abstains from spreading or penetrating
the skin;
5.) After a
2nd 7-day quarantine, the infection spreads;
6.) After a
2nd 7-day quarantine, the infection remains unchanged in colour, yet
black hair grows in it;
Diagnoses and Prescriptions:
a.)
The person is diagnosed with an infection and is quarantined for 7 days;
b.)
The person is diagnosed with a leprosy of the chin or scalp and is
isolated from the community;
c.)
The person is diagnosed with an infection, is instructed to shave off
the person’s hair (except the area of the infection), and is quarantined for
another 7 days;
d.)
The infection of the person is determined to be healed, and the person
is deemed to be pure.
e.)
The person is diagnosed with a leprosy of the chin or scalp and is
isolated from the community;
f.)
The person is deemed pure, and is instructed to wash the person’s
clothes?
Answer: The
appropriate matches are: 1.) b.);
2.) a.); 3.)
c.); 4.) f.);
5.) e.); and, 6.)
d.):
“If a man or woman has an affection on the head or in
the beard, the priest shall examine the affection. If it appears to go deeper than the skin and
there is thin yellow hair in it, the priest shall pronounce him impure; it is a scall, a scaly eruption in the hair
or beard. But if the priest finds that
the scall affection does not appear to go deeper than the skin, yet there is no
black hair in it, the priest shall isolate the person with the scall affection
for seven days. On the seventh day the
priest shall examine the affection. If
the scall has not spread and no yellow hair has appeared in it, and the scall
does not appear to go deeper than the skin, the person with the scall shall
shave himself, but without shaving the scall;
the priest shall isolate him for another seven days. On the seventh day the priest shall examine
the scall. If the scall has not spread
on the skin, and does not appear to go deeper than the skin, the priest shall
pronounce him pure; he shall wash his
clothes, and he shall be pure. If,
however, the scall should spread on the skin after he has been pronounced pure,
the priest shall examine him. If the
scall has spread on the skin, the priest need not look for yellow hair: he is impure.
But if the scall has remained unchanged in color, and black hair has
grown in it, the scall is healed; he is
pure. The priest shall pronounce him
pure.” (Vayikra 13:29 – 37).
9.)
Can you match the 3 symptoms with the appropriately corresponding 3
diagnoses, for a person who experiences an infection within a balding area?
Symptom:
1.) A man becomes bald;
2.) A man
becomes bald within the forehead;
3.) A man
experiences red and white swollen sores within a balding area;
Diagnoses:
a.)
The man is pure;
b.)
The man is pure;
c.)
The man is diagnosed with leprosy?
Answer: The appropriate matches are: 1.)
b.); 2.) a.);
and 3.) c.):
“If a man loses the hair of his head and become
bald, he is pure. If he loses the hair
on the front part of his head and becomes bald at the forehead, he is
pure. But if a white affection streaked
with red appears on the bald part in the front or at the back of the head, it
is a scaly eruption that is spreading over the bald part in the front or at the
back of the head. The priest shall
examine him: if the swollen affection on
the bald part in the front or at the back of his head is white streaked with
red, like the leprosy of body skin in appearance, the man is leprous; he is impure.
The priest shall pronounce him impure;
he has the affection on his head.”
(Vayikra 13:40 – 44).
10.)
Can you describe what a person, who is diagnosed with leprosy, is
commanded to declare after receiving such a diagnosis:
g.) “Let’s
pop the bubbly: Party over here!”;
h.) “Impure!
Impure!”;
i.)
“Please pass the soap and water.”;
j.)
“Let’s wait and sit,
abstain from
spit,
get the
sacrifice lit,
‘til all my
bits are fit.”;
k.) “I would like to receive a second opinion from
another כהן, thank
you.”
l.)
“How much is this going to cost me?”
Answer: A leper
is commanded to declare: b.) “Impure!
Impure!”:
“As for the person with a leprous affection, his
clothes shall be rent, his head shall be left bare, and he shall cover his
upper lip; and he shall call out.
‘Impure! Impure!’” (Vayikra 13:45).
11.)
Can you describe where a person, who is diagnosed with leprosy, is
commanded to reside after receiving such a diagnosis?
m.) Lepers are to live outside the camp;
n.) Lepers are to live in palaces on the tops of
hills;
o.) Lepers are to live in Monasteries within a
quiet enclave in the woods;
p.) Lepers are to live in a level 3, maximum
security, penitentiary;
q.) Lepers are to live in undisclosed sanatorium
r.)
Lepers are to live in distant,
outer-hemispheric colonies beyond the Earth;
s.) Lepers are to live within animated cartoon
metropolises at the bottom of the oceans;
t.)
Lepers are to live exclusively within
penthouse apartments;
u.) Lepers are to live in outer-beltway suburban
cul de sacs;
v.) Lepers are to live in sewers;
w.) Lepers are to live within fields amidst the
wild animals;
x.) Lepers are to live wherever lepers sho’ nuff
please?
Answer:
Technically, lepers are to reside outside the camp, although perceivably
amidst the temporal distinctions of circumstance since the original conveyance
of the Torah, each of the subsequent responses (with perhaps the exception of
“l.),” may also be applicable within the same, commanded requirements:
“He shall be impure as long as the disease is on
him. Being impure, he shall dwell apart; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.” (Vayikra 13:46).
12.)
Can you match the 7 symptoms with 7 diagnoses and prescriptions,
regarding a mildew infection occurring within cloth, wool, linen, or leather
material?
Symptoms:
1.) An item
has a green or red streak of mildew infection;
2.) After a
7-day quarantine, the mildew infection spreads;
3.) After a
7-day quarantine, the mildew infection abstains from spreading;
4.) After
being washed, and after a 2nd 7-day quarantine, the mildew infection
remains unchanged in colour or size;
5.) After
being washed, and after a 2nd 7-day quarantine, the mildew infection
is faded;
6.) After
having the infected portion of the material removed, the mildew infection reappears
within the remaining material;
7.) After
having the infected portion of the material removed, the mildew infection
disappears;
Diagnoses and Prescriptions:
a.)
The item is diagnosed with a mildew infection and is quarantined for 7
days;
b.)
The item is diagnosed with a malignant infection and is burned;
c.)
The item is diagnosed with a mildew infection, is washed, and is
quarantined for another 7 days;
d.)
The item is diagnosed with a malignant infection and is burned;
e.)
The item is diagnosed with a mildew infection, and the portion
containing the mildew infection is cut and removed from the item;
f.)
The item is diagnosed with a malignant infection and is burned;
g.)
The item is washed on a 2nd occasion and is deemed to be
pure?
Answer: The
appropriate matches are: 1.) a.);
2.) b.); 3.)
c.); 4.) d.);
5.) e.); 6.)
f.); and, 7.) g.);
Vayikra 13:47 – 58.
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Discussion Questions:
Discussion Questions:
What are the implications regarding the
respective natures of a mor’s (mother’s) uncleanliness during the first 7/8
days after giving birth to a son (and 14 days after giving birth to a
daughter), and the subsequent 33 days after that duration (66 days for the
daughter)?
What
are the implications regarding the distinctions of the mor’s cleanliness when
giving birth to a boy compared with giving birth to a girl? Do these distinctions imply an intrinsic
ritual (or additionally inherent) difference between the son and the daughter? If so, how are we to understand these distinctions
within the aggregate context of the respective behaviour of, and interaction
between, men and women? Are there any
limits to these distinctions, and if so, what is the applicability of these
distinctions? What rules are applied
when a mor gives birth to both a son and daughter?
What
is meant by the teaching within Vayikra 13:12 – 13, whereby if a rash covers
the entire body of a person (turning the entire body white), then the person is
deemed to be clean, whilst the previous teaching describes that a spreading
rash/sore is a sign of leprosy; and what
is meant by “healthy skin” being “unclean”?
From what historical circumstances and experiences are these teachings
derived; and what may be some
metaphysical explanations regarding the natural phenomena being described?
What
are some implications regarding race and ethnicity, regarding the respective colours
of skin and hair, amongst additional tribes throughout the Earth; are the descriptions within Parshah Tazria
“phenotypically specific” (predicated upon the presumption of having certain
ethnic characteristics, particularly unwhite skin tone and black hair); what may be some metaphysical considerations
regarding the phenomenon of leprosy, including the colouration, discolouration,
and/or “undiscolouration” of hair and skin?
Are these descriptions Universally applicable to all human beings, or
simply amongst the “ethnotype” of people who are predominantly Semitic?
Is
there an intrinsic/esoteric connexion between the phenomenon of physical
uncleanliness and transgressive behaviour;
between extracting the leper and extracting the unrighteous person? How do these teachings enlighten us to
cultivate “cleanliness” and “righteousness” within our own respective selves
(removing the “uncleanliness” and “unrighteousness” from within each of us,
individually)?
Amidst
the notion of leprosy being contagious, how does the phenomenon of leprosy
actually originate, and how else might it spread? Is physical isolation sufficient to suppress
the experience of such disease? Is there
any legitimacy within the notion of physical “cleanliness” being directly
connected with righteousness; and if so,
again, is physical separation of a leper an effective means of alleviating the
experience of leprosy?
How
might contemporary physical ailments that challenge humanity, and life in
general, be considered within the context of these teachings regarding
leprosy? What may be some direct and
subtle (inherent/esoteric) connexions between these contemporary physical
ailments and concurrent experiences of hunger, poverty, and violence within
humanity?
Is
there any significance within the practise of washing mildewed material only after
waiting 7 days? Does such an
“examination period” have any applicability towards how we address the
behaviour of other people: abstaining
from immediately “washing” behaviour of others and initially observing
behaviour for a certain period, before making a determination of cleanliness,
uncleanliness, and otherwise?
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