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Parsha Thazria

  1. If a woman delivers a boy, how many days is she she is physically impure and how many days is she spiritually impure? What about a baby girl?

    7 and 33; 14 and 66.


  2. From a practical point of view, what is the difference between the two periods of impurity?

    (1) no intimate relations;
    (2) can touch no holy thing or come into the sanctuary.


  3. At the final end of her impurity, the woman is to bring two sacrifices to the Cohen. Which were the sacrifices and what were they? What was an alternative sacrifice?

    Burnt offering ( lamb of the 1st year) and sin offering (turtle dove or young pigeon). If cannot afford a lamb, two young pigeons or two turtle doves.


  4. What were two sure signs of leprosy?

    If the appearance of the plague was deeper than the skin of the flesh and if there were white hairs in the plague.


  5. When it appeared that a person might have leprosy, to whom was he taken to check it?

    To Aaron the priest or one of his sons, the priests.


  6. If it was determined that a person had leprosy, where were they to dwell?

    Alone outside the camp.


  7. What is the reason, according to the Rabbis, that a person contracted leprosy? What is the source for this interpretation?

    Lashon Hora. Miriam's lashon hora about Moshe.