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TazriaBecoming a Nation of Priests: Our Obligation as CaretakersBy LYDIA BLOOM Rabbinical student Lydia Bloom, in Parashat Tazria, suggests that we must not only help those who are sick to heal physically but also emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. We should talk to those who are ill, listen attentively to them, and then help them to heal at every level possible. Likewise, we should attend to the sick in our larger global community. Only then will we be doing God's work. A Gay’s Perspective on Punishment and DiseaseBy RABBI RODERICK YOUNG God is present in AIDS, cancer, polio, in all diseases, for God is present when we visit the sick and raise money to fight disease. But a disease is not God’s punishment. Those who assert otherwise slander God and the ill. The Influence of GiftsBy RABBI DAVID ROSENN The Prophet Elisha refused a gift from a foreign general, partly because a gratuity can become graft. If prophets were elected, would Elisha have declined campaign contributions?
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