From Outcast to Visionary / Parashat Tazria-Metzora

Instead of the leper leaving his leprosy behind him, he finds that the disease that led him to live on the margins of society also allows him to become a messenger of good tidings.

Apr 12, 2013 1:04 PM

"The Leprose," by Albrecht Durer (1513)

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