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Yahrtzeitsof Day Relationship ObservedBy DateIsraelKast Saturday uncle RobEpstein 3IyyarLucyKnoblauch aunt LouisNumkin 3IyyarBelleNorth Monday mother SusanneWinakur 5IyyarHelenDriller sister HarrySindell 5IyyarMaxGreen

father StanleyGreen 5Iyyar

CeliaBlumenthal Wednesday mother HerbertBlumenthal 7IyyarMichaelWeislow

brother LitaKatz 7Iyyar

RonaldGreenberg uncle SteveEpstein 7IyyarRoslynSchwartz mother GilbertSchwartz 7IyyarMerelGalitzky Thursday grandmother J.Schulman 8IyyarSeymourBleiweis

uncle JohnBleiweis 8Iyyar

BettyRothenberg Friday mother BertRothenberg 9IyyarCharlotteYavener sister-in-law ElaineSchlossberg 9IyyarHerbertLevy

father-in-law LeonardScheinker 9Iyyar

LindaVerbin

daughter MorrisKottler 9IyyarMiltonBrotman father BeatriceMarx 9Iyyar

father CharlesBrotman 9IyyarSarahRelkin mother MurrayRelkin 9Iyyar

mother-in-law PamelaRelkin 9Iyyar

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Welcome to HTAA Parashat Tazria-Metzora

Torahreading: Haftarah:Leviticus12:1-15:33(p.649) KingsII7:3-20(p.675)

YahrtzeitsfortheWeekofApril29– May5

StevenSusonRabbi

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ReubenLandmanRabbiEmeritus

Iron is mentioned three times: (1) The stones of an altar cannot be cut with iron (Deut. 27:5). (2) The rebuke states that the Land of Israel will be as iron

(28:23). (3) The rebuke also states that enemies will place an iron yoke around the neck of the Jews (28:48).

ParshaPuzzlerAnswer:The leper, as part of his purification, must shave off all his hair

including his eyebrows (Leviticus 14:9). Eyebrows are not mentioned anywhere else in the Torah.

Welcome Ambassador Richard Schifter!

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the rank of ambassador in the 1980s. HEADS UP!

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What body part appears in this parsha, and nowhere else in the Torah?

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