Evil is Removed Through Torah Study
The Way of Emunah | March 22, 2026
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Evil is Removed Through Torah Study

The Way of Emunah | March 22, 2026

Parshas Metzorah

הֵן (יד, ב)
ֹ
ּ
בָא אֶ ל הַכ
ּ
וְהו
ֹ
ם טָ הֳרָ תו
ֹ
ְיו
ּ
רָ ע ב
ֹ
ְצ
ּ
רַ ת הַמ
ֹ
ו
ּ
ִ הְיֶה ת
ּ
את ת
ֹ
ז
This shall be the law of the metzorah on the day of his purifying. And he shall be brought to the kohen. )14:2(

Sefer Bais Aharon quotes his father, Rav Osher of Stolin zy”a, as explaining the words of Rashi in Brachos (47B): “L’hotzi rabim yedei chovasam”, to mean that one can take others out of their obligations and their sins. (The word “l’hotzi”, which is usually used to mean to have someone in mind when you say a bracha so that they fulfill the mitzvah as well, literally means “to take out.”)

With this in mind, the Bais Aharon says that the word “metzorah” can be translated

Parshas Metzorah

הֵן (יד, ב)
ֹ
ּ
בָא אֶ ל הַכ
ּ
וְהו
ֹ
ם טָ הֳרָ תו
ֹ
ְיו
ּ
רָ ע ב
ֹ
ְצ
ּ
רַ ת הַמ
ֹ
ו
ּ
ִ הְיֶה ת
ּ
את ת
ֹ
ז
This shall be the law of the metzorah on the day of his purifying. And he shall be brought to the kohen. )14:2(

Sefer Bais Aharon quotes his father, Rav Osher of Stolin zy”a, as explaining the words of Rashi in Brachos (47B): “L’hotzi rabim yedei chovasam”, to mean that one can take others out of their obligations and their sins. (The word “l’hotzi”, which is usually used to mean to have someone in mind when you say a bracha so that they fulfill the mitzvah as well, literally means “to take out.”)

With this in mind, the Bais Aharon says that the word “metzorah” can be translated

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