what does the Torah say about Gossip?

Published: Tue, 04/18/23

"When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony.'
Exodus 12:25

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This coming Shabbat's Torah portion, read on Saturday, April 22nd, is Tazria-Metzora. This week’s portion opens by describing the purification process for a woman after childbirth.

This week's thoughts by our popular teacher Dr. Benny Benjamin talks about “I heard it through the grapevine”: The price of gossip at work. Read it below.

Last week, our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer talked about "Shemini". Watch it below.

We are delighted to share our lesson Gidon Ariel speaks at the Aliyah Return Center in the Galilee. Learn it here.

We are also delighted to share our lesson Giant Footprints in Israel with our teacher Aaron Lipkin. Learn it here.

Check below to hear what Dr. Richard Booker and Gidon Ariel have to say. Watch it below.

We sign off with a nice comment and a beautiful photo of Tel Aviv, Israel.

Shalom,

Gidon Ariel and Bob O’Dell
Root Source Founders

Parashat Tazria-Metzora

This week’s portion, discusses various forms of tzara’at, skin maladies which are contracted as a result of engaging in forbidden gossip. Also discussed are garment discolorations which constitute “clothing tzara’at,” and the symptoms and laws of “house tzara’at,” indicated by certain stone discolorations. Following is a discussion of various ritual impurities, including the laws of the menstruating woman.

“I heard it through the grapevine”:

The price of gossip at work

Spreading gossip has traditionally been scorned, even likening it to shooting an arrow without controlling where it will land or whom it will hit. A few chapters later, this injunction is made more explicit: “Do not go around as a gossipmonger among your people…; I am the Lord.” (Leviticus 19:16).

Shemini:
Rabbi Gedalia Meyer's Weekly Torah Study

Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has been giving short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute.

We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too.

Watch the video

Gidon Ariel speaks at the Aliyah Return Center in the Galilee

This lesson covers the different aspects related to Judaism, such as its main branches, including Orthodox.

Learn here

Giant Footprints in Israel

Root Source Tours takes you to see the mysterious, giant Footprints near the Jordan River in Israel.

Learn here

Conversations:

Gidon Ariel and Dr. Richard Booker

Here are some of the things that Gidon and Dr. Richard talked about:

The four questions of the Passover Seder
You are always only one generation away from losing the faith
March of Remembrance Evyatar March
The Dee family of Efrat, victims of terror
The weekly portion of Shmini (Leviticus 9-11) also discusses the death of two brothers
Even still, Israel is the 4th happiest country in the world!

Watch the video to learn more!

Watch the video

Comments

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Here is one from Dennis McCutcheon on blog post
Gidon Ariel and Dr Richard Booker May 4, 2021 Part 2

"Good points friends. Praise the LORD for your teachings."

Tel Aviv, Israel

Enjoy this photo in Tel Aviv, Israel by Micah Camper.

Blessings and Shalom,
Bob and Gidon

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