Acknowledging sins allows for individual purification.

Noted Prague rabbi was accused of being a follower of false messiah Shabbetai Zevi.

An extra day.

A Jewish ritual cleansing of the deceased fulfills the verse from Ecclesiastes 5:14, "As we come forth, so we shall return."

To shave or not to shave?

Locking up.

Because asking for forgiveness is a holy act.

This portion calls on us to make clean water a focal point of our action and advocacy.

These two Torah portions describe in hyper-focused detail a spectrum of infections and the spiritual methods of remedying them.

We must be cleansed from the polluting effects of sin.