27/28 Tazria-Metzora: Day 6 (Friday) | Domestic Tzara'at and Zav

30 Nisan 5786 AM | 1 AVE. Threshold of Iyar.

Astronomical New Moon 7:51 AM EDT.

Molad 5:18 AM Jerusalem Time.

Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who has sanctified us by Your Spirit and invited the nations to share in the richness of Your Word. We thank You for the people and state of Israel, including the Messiah, our First Fruits, through whom the harvest of life has begun.

Today is the thirteenth day of the Omer according to the minority Sadducean count, which is 1 week and 6 days.

May the Spirit of Truth prepare my heart for the revelation of the 50th day.

6:25 AM EDT in Albany. 

Jonathan writes:

The reading for this morning is Leviticus 14:33-15:15.

This is the link to the Daily Chumash with Rashi at Chabad.

The Daily Wisdom from the Lubavitcher Rebbe is titled "Even Righteous People Can Repent." 

I am pleased with the announcement of a Trump-brokered 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon and take note of the reactions by Yair Golan (Cautiously Supportive) and Naftali Bennett (Highly Critical). I'd been thinking about Habakkuk 2:15-17.

Here in area code 518 (New York's Capital Region), it's hard not to be stunned by the cogency of Haviv's recent critical response to Ezra Klein at the NYT: 107: What does Ezra Klein get wrong?