Torah Portion 27 & 28 – Tazria “She Conceives”
Leviticus 12-13
12)
Male:
Unclean 7 days
Circumcised 8th
Continues 33 days = 40 Days
Female:
Unclean 14 days
Continues 66 days = 80 Days
Why sin offering for bearing a child? – Verses
- 1st Adam and Eve 74-75 – Origin of 40 and 80 days – Verses
- More original sin connections – 2 Esdras 7:116-131
12:8 – Yahusha’s family was not rich – Verses
Messiah (Son)
- After 40 days ascended to the Father – verses
- 40 days wilderness (40 jubilees = 2000 years) verses
- 40 days = 40 Jubilees (2,000 years) – Bride’s uncleanness
- 40 days = 40 Jubilees (2,000 years) – Bride’s uncleanness
- 40 days wilderness (40 jubilees = 2000 years) verses
- Birth parallels & prophetic – verses
- 7 + 33 = 40 days Davids rule & future leadership – verses
- Birth, then resistance and deliverance (judgement/slaughter) – verses
- Enoch weeks vision – verses
- Enoch dream vision – verses
- Enoch – Congregation revealed then judgement – verses
13)
Learn from the past
Leprosy is something YHWH can give and take away- listening or not to the word of YHWH/ or word of a prophet: Verses
- Out of the abundance of the heart
13:3 – Only YHWH can make the hair white or black – Verses
- In our time, a spiritual uncleanness manifests itself differently. It becomes obvious to all, just as the skin conditions of old
- Leadership today must look deeper for the root of the spiritual problem
- Examine, inspect
- 7 day waiting period to re-observe
Sin made manifest – Verses
Uncleanness comes from within – Verses
13:40 -Baldness = clean
13:46 – Without the camp today – Verses
Leprosy stories – Verses
Warp/woof – cross stitch
Bring problems forward before they become established patterns.
Applied spiritually, this means being willing to acknowledge bitterness, dishonesty, destructive habits, or other wrongdoing and receive help. Seeking counsel should be an act of humility, rather than something reserved for when everything has fallen apart.
Leadership must examine carefully rather than condemn quickly.
The repeated examinations teach patience and restraint. Ordinary baldness and certain white spots did not make someone unclean (13:38–41). A useful application: unfamiliarity, weakness, or an accusation should not automatically become a verdict against someone.
Take seriously what is spreading.
Spiritually, consider whether a problem is increasingly shaping someone’s conduct or influencing others. Paul explicitly uses spreading leaven as an illustration of tolerated wickedness in a congregation—1 Corinthians 5:6–13. That supplies a clear moral parallel
Do not mistake physical affliction for proof of personal sin.
Miriam’s affliction was connected with wrongdoing, and Deuteronomy 24:8–9 specifically recalls her case. Nevertheless, Leviticus 13 does not instruct the priest to discover which sin supposedly caused each person’s condition. Its examination concerns their clean or unclean status. We should preserve that distinction when applying it spiritually. (Job)
Make restoration an actual responsibility.
In Leviticus 14:3: the priest goes outside the camp to examine the person who has healed. There is a prescribed path back into community life. The corresponding congregational instruction is to restore someone gently, and to forgive, comfort, and reaffirm love rather than leave them overwhelmed by sorrow— verses