tazriah-metzorah

Pulling the Tazriah-Metzorah card in the divrei Torah lottery is not considered a lucky draw, but I seem to get it every time. I am repeatedly assigned the task of commenting on this double parashah, which elaborates on skin eruptions, bodily secretions, contact with dead bodies and fungal growths. It establishes a period of confinement for women following childbirth and articulates the prohibitions connected with menses. (Do I hear Julie Andrews singing “My Favorite Things”?)