Day: April 6, 2011

Be All that You Can Be

Divrei Torah - guilt-offering for a wave-service to provide atonement for him; and one tenth-ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal-offering, and a log of oil.

In Chafetz Chaim al ha’Torah, R. Yisrael Meir Kagan, the late 19th century and early 20th century Torah great popularly known as the Chafetz Chaim, offers an intriguing comment on a verse in the Torah portion of Metzora.  We read, “If he [one seeking atonement after being afflicted with tzara’at] is poor and his means […]