| Torah Portion | Haftarah Portion(s) | B'rit Chadashah Portion(s) |
|---|
Leviticus 12.1–15.33 | Isaiah 66.1-24 | Luke 2.22-35 |
| | Mark 1.35-45 |
| | John 6.8-13 |
| | Matthew 8.1-17 |
Portion Outline
Torah
Lev 12:1, The purification of a woman after childbirth;
Lev 12:6, Her offerings for her purifying.
Lev 13:1, The laws and tokens in discerning the leprosy.
Lev 14:1, The rites and sacrifices in cleansing the leper;
Lev 14:33, The signs of leprosy in a house;
Lev 14:48, The cleansing of that house.
Lev 15:1, The uncleanness of men in their issues;
Lev 15:13, The cleansing of them;
Lev 15:19, The uncleanness of women in their issues;
Lev 15:28, Their cleansing.
Prophets
Isa 66:1, The glorious God will be served in humble sincerity;
Isa 66:5, He comforts the humble by shewing the confusion of their enemies;
Isa 66:7, with the marvellous growth,
Isa 66:10. and the gracious benefits of the church;
Isa 66:15, God's severe judgments against the wicked;
Isa 66:18, The Gentiles shall have an holy church;
Isa 66:24, and see the damnation of the wicked.
B'rit Chadashah
Luke 2:22, Mary purified;
Luke 2:25, Simeon and Anna prophesy of Christ,
Mark 1:35, Yeshuah cleanses a Leper
Commentary
Torah Portion Summary
Tazria: The name of the twenty-seventh reading from the Torah is Tazria, which means "she conceived." The name is derived from the words of Leviticus 12:2, where the LORD says to Moses, "When a woman [conceives] and bears a male child ..." Leviticus 12 discusses the laws of purification after childbirth. Leviticus 13 introduces the laws for diagnosing and quarantining lepers. Except in biblical calendar leap years, Tazria is read together with the subsequent Torah portion, Metzorah, on the same Sabbath.
Metzora:The twenty-eighth reading from the Torah is Metzora, a word that means "leper." The word appears in the second verse of the reading, which says, "This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing" (Leviticus 14:2). Leviticus 14 spells out the complex purification rituals for the cleansing of a leper and a leprous home. Leviticus 15 briefly covers the laws regarding ritual unfitness stemming from bodily emissions. Except in biblical calendar leap years, Metzora is read together with the previous Torah portion, Tazria, on the same Sabbath.