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Torah Reading: Leviticus 14:1-15:33
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Torah Reading: Leviticus 14:1-15:33
This Torah portion gives purification laws for cleansing a leper and a leprous home as well as laws governing various ritual impurities from bodily emissions.
Some feminists cite the Torah’s ritual purity legislation, such as laws concerning menstrual impurity and childbirth, as evidence of sexism in the Bible. This article exposes the flaws in such an interpretation.