Parashat Tazria opens with the puzzling phrase “when a woman emits seed,” prompting Chazal to explore who initiates spiritual connection—us or Hashem. Through Midrash, Kabbalah, and poetic imagery, we uncover a profound model of divine intimacy where human initiative brings forth truth, and heavenly response brings justice.
The Deep Purpose for Suffering: Why is it that when someone begins to do teshuvah and starts walking in Hashem's ways, he frequently encounters difficulties and experiences suffering? If the purpose of suffering is to motivate a person to do teshuvah, why should he have to suffer at all? After all, he's already doing teshuvah….
Having Our Prayers and Requests Accepted: It is taught (Chullin 60b): רבי שמעון בן פזי רמי כתיב "ויעש אלקים את שני המאורות הגדולים" וכתיב "את המאור הגדול…ואת המאור הקטן" אמרה ירח לפני הקב"ה רבש"ע אפשר לשני מלכים שישתמשו בכתר אחד אמר לה לכי ומעטי את עצמך (R' Shimon ben Pazi raised a contradiction. It is…