Parshas Tazria Parshas Hachodesh - Rosh Chodesh Erev Shabbos Shabbos Day Mincha 5:45pm Shacharis 9:00am Plag Hamincha 6:01pm Latest time for Shema 10:29am Latest Candle lighting 6:56pm Shabbos Mincha 4:30 / 6:45pm Shkiya 7:13pm Shabbos Ends 7:5pm Ladies Shiur Mrs Beruria Tenenbaum will be giving a ladies shiur this Shabbos Morning All ladies and girls welcome Change of Clocks Please remember to move clocks back 1hr this Motzei Shabbos Sale Of Chometz Rabbi Berlin will be available for sale of Chometz after Mincha and Maariv next week Please see attached form SHAAREI DAVENING TIMES NEXT WEEK Shacharis Mincha Second Maariv Sunday 8:00am 5:50pm 8:30pm Monday 6:30 / 7:30am 5:50pm 8:30pm Tuesday 6:45 / 7:30am 5:50pm 8:30pm Wednesday 6:45 / 7:30am 5:50pm 8:30pm Thursday 6:30 / 7:30am 5:50pm 8:30pm Friday 6:45 / 7:30am 5:45pm Short Vort on the Parsha There is a strange Halocha regarding Tzoraas: If tzoraas partially covers one's body they are tamei. But if the Nega has spread and now covers their entire body they are Tahor. What's the reason for this seemingly strange Halacha? Surely a person who is covered from head to toe with tzoraas should be the most tamei. There are a number of explanations given by the meforshim. The Netziv explains that there is no point sending him out. The purpose of sending someone with Tzoraas outside of the camp was so that they could think about htier actions and make a commitment to change. Someone who is covered from top to toe wont stop and think. The Chofetz Chaim explains differently; since he is covered completely, he cant hide from the nega. If this is the case, he doesn't need to be sent out since is blemish is clear for all to see. This will in-turn make him look at his behaviour and correct his ways. A third explanation given (on similar lines to the Netziv) is that Hashem created Tumah to challenge a person to greater heights. It is the weapon of the Yetzer Hora who seeks to suck the good out of a person. A nega is a spiritual blemish. When the Yetzer Hora sees this, he sees a weak victim and he sees great opportunity to further the damage. He wants to take what is left of this person's good and turn it into bad. Therefore, this person becomes tamei from the attachment of the forces of evil and impurity to his body. However, if a person has a Nega covering his entire body, this means that he is completely bad and lacking any goodness within him. In this case the forces of tumah have no work and no role to play in this person. He therefore is Tahor. This could be why people who hit rock bottom are capable of suddenly making a change for the good. The battle is over, and the Yetzer Hora has gone. From there the only way is up