Parshas Metzorah
This week is dedicated especially Le'iluy Nishmas my uncle that passed away recently Shneur Zalman ben Yitzchak HaKohen. He was so proud of being a Kohen. It was his biggest pride and joy. May we be zoche to the days soon where he can join us as a Kohen again to do the Avodah in the Bayis Shelishi.
Refua Sheleima Dovid Yehoshua ben Leba Malka
May Hashem watch over all of Klal Yisrael and protect us!
Thank you Hashem for the Nissim in Eretz Yisrael this week!
Another great Parsha with many ideas for your Parsha Party. REMINDER - THIS IS A SPRINGBOARD OF IDEAS. YOU CAN CHOOSE ONE IDEA OR A FEW. AND HAVE THE KIDS GUESS THE CONNECTIONS.
Parsha Overview (Feel free to skip straight to the Party below - simply click the arrow next to this text and the overview will disappear
Metzorah
When a person is deemed ready to be purified from Tzaraas he takes 2 live Tahor birds, Mayim Chayim (spring water) in an earthen vessel, cedar wood, a scarlet colored string, and a hyssop branch. 1 bird is slaughtered and the other bird and items are dipped in the blood and sprinkled on the Metzora 7 times. He washes his clothes, shaves off all hair and facial hair and immerses in a Mikvah. He may enter the camp but has to remain outside of his tent for 7 days. Then he must bring a Karban. The Kohen takes some of the blood of the Karban (as well as some oil) and puts it on the man’s ear, thumb and big toe. He puts remaining oil on the man’s head.
Tzaraas can also be on a house, dark green or dark red. If a person suspects Tzaraas on his house he needs to take everything out of the house. The Kohen quarantines it for 7 days. If the Tzaraas doesn’t go away they take away the stones of the house with the Tzaraas on them to a place for Tameh things and replace them with new stones. If the Tzaraas comes back then the house needs to be demolished. If the Tzaraas went away then the house can be purified.
There are other forms of Tumah that a man and women can get from bodily discharges. Anything or anyone that he or she touches becomes Tameh and the one that is Tameh requires a mikvah to purify themselves.
(Adapted partially from Chabad.org, and The Pesukim and Rashi)
And now for the fun part
PARSHA PARTY
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Wavy Chips
Red Soursticks / Pull and Peel
Mayim Chayim Seltzer
Blue Powerade / Sour belts / Candies
Fruit Rollups / fruit leathers
Brick Candy
Lip Candies
Sprinkle Cookies or cupcakes
Green, red, candies
Gushers
Fruit by the foot
Red Laffy Taffy ropes
Mike and Ikes
FruZips
Fidget Spinner Candies
Popp Candy
Aqua Chews
Men”toes”
Wowzers
Zazoom Candy
Jolly Ranchers
Air heads
Go Go candies or Applesauce
Sour Slime green candy
Chocolate Spread
Pez Emoji candy
Dip and Boom Candy
THE PARSHA PARTY ANSWER LIST!
Mike and Ikes / Wowzers – Talking about People brings Tzaraas (“Did you hear what Mike did?”, “Ike is such a nasty guy”, “Wow, she is such a snob”,)
FruZips – When you feel like speaking Lashon Hara Zip your mouth – Lashon Hara brings Tzaraas
Pez Emoji candy – Facial expressions as well as sending Emojis about people can be Lashon Hara too! Keep far away from any that can bring Tzaraas
Air heads / Jolly Ranchers – People that don’t think before they speak or are being too Jolly often speak Lashon Hara – Tzaraas Alert!
Popp Candy – The Tzaraas Pops onto his skin / clothing/ house
Chocolate Spread – The kohen checks if the Tzaraas Spread after quarantine
Go Go candies or Applesauce / Fruit by the foot / Zazoom Candy – If the person gets Tzaraas he’s ordered to leave and go far outside the cam
Fidget Spinner Candies – The Metzora must remain quarantined until the Tzaraas heals
Red Soursticks / Pull and Peel / Red Laffy Taffy ropes/ Mayim Chayim Seltzer / Gushers / Yummy Earth Lollies / Sprinkle cookies – When the Metzorah heals, in order to purify himself he must take 2 live birds, a red string, a cedar branch and hyssop branch. He shechts one bird over an Earthen vessel over Mayim Chaim – spring water and dips the other bird and items into the blood and sprinkles 7x onto the Metzorah. Then he sends away the live bird.
Blue Powerade, Sour belts, Candies / Aqua Chews – After the Metzorah is sprinkled from the bird, he must immerse in a mikvah.
Wavy Chips – The Metzorah brings a Karban and the Kohen waves it around
Men”toes” / Fruit by the "foot" – The blood gets put on his big toe (along with his ear and thumb)
Fruit Rollups / fruit leathers – Tzaraas can come on clothing including leather clothes
Brick Candy – Tzaraas can come on a house
Green and red candies / Sour Slime green candy – the color of Tzaraas on clothing and houses
Dip and Boom candy – If the house doesn’t get rid of Tzaraas it needs to be demolished
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