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"V'nasati negah tzora'as b'veis eretz achizaschem. (14:34) - And I will place a Nega Tzara'as in a house in the land of your inheritance." Rashi says that this is good news, because the Emori'im hid golden treasures in the walls of their houses prior to Bnei Yisroel's con...

"V'ish ki seitzei mimeno shichvas zerah veruochatz besoro bemayim v'tamei ad ha'erev.(15:16) - And a man who has a seinal emission should wash his flesh in water and he will be impure until the evening (erev)." After someone falls, he must get out of the depressed mode. A...

In this weeks Parsha, we find the dinim of nega'im in all their details.In the process of the Tahara for a mitzorah, we find that the person must bring two doves, a piece of cedar wood and some 'ezov' grass.We are all familiar with the concept that the haughty person who ...

"Commando" wrote to someone who was talking about gradually cutting down, rather than stopping cold-turkey: Some people claim that masturbation is just a natural desire, just like eating and sleeping. I agree that it's very natural. But a natural lifestyle would be NOT ...

In Parshas Tazriah we learn the halachos of negoim (literal translation blemishes) through which one can become tameh if the Kohen determines (paskens) that it is a genuine nega. One of the halachos of negoim is, "ein adam roeh nigai atzmo" (one can not see [and determine...