Parashat Metzora (Leviticus 14-15)
Leviticus 14
14:3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;
Comment: “if the plague of leprosy be healed”: The Torah will describe in this chapter how a leper can become ritually clean AFTER being healed. However, it doesn’t tell WHO can heal a leper here, until in Number 12 where it is hinted that the LRD Himself heals the leperous Miriam. In the New Testament, the Messiah healed lepers many times, and he sometimes even touched the leper to cure the repugnant and possibly contagious disease (e.g., Matthew 2-3). In fact, we may also be very repugnant like the lepers, due to our ugly sins, and we lack means to heal ourselves to get rid of our sinful “old selves”. We need the LRD Himself to heal us and clean us.
Leviticus 15
15:19 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
Comment: The Torah laws related to a woman’s menstruation involve a Hebrew word “niddah” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niddah Torah cares about every part of human life, since it is the words from the Creator of the human beings, Who cares about them. It is possible that observation of the niddah laws could lead to better marital relationship, easier conception, birth of healthier, smarter, and more devout descendants.