Parashas Tazria

Our Parsha this Shabbos HaChodesh is Parashas Tazria , it also being Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Nissan , an important Rosh Chodesh , before Pesach , around the time when the Laws of Rosh Chodesh were Given By HaShem to us through Moshe . So from the first Torah Scroll , we read Parashas Tazriah Vayikra 12:1 - 13:59 and from the Second Torah Scroll we read for Rosh Chodesh , Bamidbar 28:9-15 and from a Third Torah Scroll for Parashas HaChodesh , Shemos 12:1-20 . The Haftorah is Yechezkiel 45:16 - 46:18 and Isaiah 66:1 - 24 related to the relevant topic of Rosh Chodesh.
Parashas Tazriah starts with the Laws of Purification , on the birth of male and female children . We just discussed in the previous Sedra about the contamination of various animals , and now naturally , Torah goes on to the Laws of Purification of people . But why were animals mentioned first before people ? Just as in Creation , HaShem Created the animals first , and then humans , So does HaShem Deal First with contamination of animals before humans . This is also a lesson in human humility for should man become too conceited , HaShem Reminds him that even the Gnat was Created before him .
HaShem Starts With the Laws of Human Purity in this Sedra , at the beginning of a person's life , at birth . This also indicates a very important lesson . HaShem Could Easily Have Created humans perfect but instead , we are given the opportunity from the beginning , to work on our own , gaining in Purity and Holiness and so , can earn the merit of it ourselves . Thus , HaShem Commands The Laws of Purity to already be in place at birth . HaShem Watches the birth of every member of Creation and is with all His Creation , Even Before birth , still Performing Miracles within the womb . The very fact that an entire human being starts as it does and grows into an adult is such a Beautiful Miracle of HaShem . The Whole concept of " Tazria , " - " Giving Birth , " is an Awesome Act of Kindness From HaShem , Who Is A Part of Every Conception with the Parents , and shows us that right at the beginning of every life , HaShem Is There For us . The very act of Tamei Contamination at Birth , goes back to the action of Chava , at the Beginning ,when she disobeyed HaShem . Before her Aveirah , Birth could have been a pure and painless act . Now every birth comes with a touch of needed climb for purity . The Woman bring as a Korban , both an Elevation offering and a Sin Offering . The Sin Offering goes back as an Atonement for Chava , and the Elevation Offering is like the guilt offering here , where she regrets the possibility of vowing at the time of the painful childbirth , that she may have wrongly spoken out that she will never be with her husband again . The Idea also of these offerings , is that we start out birth, clearing ourselves of any negativities that can bring us to Sin and then we work to Elevate ourselves Higher .
HaShem Then Discusses a most important set of Laws with respect to Tzaraas and human contamination , should a person Sin , Chas Ve Shalom . Different kinds of Tzaraas are discussed , from Tzaraas on the skin , to the head , to a garment , to a house , and how the Kohein is to judge if it is Tzaraas and what to do with it . So ends our Sedra . 
The Midrash talks of 10 sins for Tzaraas that can cause it to come upon a person . These ten are Loshon Horah , Murder, Theft , Arrogance , Idol Worship , Chilul HaShem , Immorality , Blaspheming HaShem , Doing things not permitted ( like doing the work of a Kohein when one is a non-Kohein ) and the Evil Eye Miserliness. The Gemorah in Erchin , lists an eleventh one , which is making a vain oath ( Midrash Vayikra - R Weissman ) .
The whole idea of Tzaraas is so far removed from what we know today as Leprosy . Today's leprosy is a physical ailment , whereas Tzaraas , is a spiritual affliction that comes out physically . The Kohanim had to know all the different Laws regarding Tzaraas and how to differentiate between over 300 different types of Tum'a Tzaraas . It shows us that how we behave and what we do religiously , or in this case , also not do what we should do , can have a very physical manifestation . HaShem Furnishes the afflicted with a suitable punishment , for just as the one afflicted may have Loshoned and thus isolated others , so was the afflicted , forced to leave the Clouds of Glory and isolate themselves from others , putting on sackcloth and calling out ' Tamei Tamei , ' should anyone come near them . We need to take this into account , for the way we act , shows on our very Physicality , and our negative emotions , does reflect Spiritually on the outside .
Usually the regular Haftorah Portion for this Parsha is the story of Naaman , general from Aram , who was leprous . There was a young Jewish girl taken into Aram's territory who spoke out and advised that he should go to Elisha , the Jewish prophet to help. 
So the king of Aram sent a letter to the king of Israel Yehoram to assist . The King of Israel thought it was a trap pretext to attack and so , tore up the letter . Elisha was angry at the king's reaction and said , " Let Naaman come . " Naaman came to his house , with wealth and Elisha never came out , but told him to go bathe seven times in the Jordan river , but Naaman thought he knew better , saying that his own rivers were just as good . Naaman's sons persuaded their father to listen and Naaman went and bathed seven times in the Jordan and his Leprosy was healed . Elisha told his servant Geichazi not to accept any gifts , for Elisha wanted it made clear that it was HaShem Who Had Saved Naaman , and not Elisha himself . This story continued , that Geichazi and his sons with him , deceitfully ran after Naaman , to try and get the valuables under false pretenses . When Elisha saw what he did prophetically , Elisha cursed his deceitful servant Geichazi and his sons with Leprosy and they were stricken . They ended up to be the Lepers who stood outside the city gate subsequently , and who were hungry and made their way to the enemy camp and found the enemy had run due to a conflagration HaShem Had Sent and so , they returned to report this to Israel . Geichazi had previously mocked Elisha and Elisha's staff , when Elisha , on another occasion , had sent Geichazi with Elisha's staff to try heal the sin of the Shunamite woman's son , and on the way , Geichazi loshoned his master and mocked him . So Loshon Horah is a big reason for Tzaraas to appear . HaShem Put Into our hands, our own destinies . What we choose to do , is where we lead ourselves to . HaShem Wants us to be a partner in His Work , by bringing ourselves to completion . This starts at birth and never stops our whole lives . There is not a single moment in this World , where we can't grow. Every moment we are given , has within it , many opportunities for Spiritual Growth . We just have to look out for them and bring each moment into Heaven . Every moment for us all , can either be a step up or a step down . Which one it is , is purely our choice . To waste a single moment on trivial physicalities is a waste of the sweet beautiful and kind reason , HaShem Gives us To grow . Our prophets of old knew deep Spiritual things . Like Elisha who knew that Naaman's solution , was hidden in the Torah , for Naaman's name started and ended with a Nun , as did a few other verses , like the verse that speaks of the subject of Tzaraas Laws , starts and ends with a Nun and also with respect to this very subject, where another verse in Torah that refers to the Jordan river , also starts with and ends with a Nun , as does another verse in Torah that refers to seven times immersing , also start with and end with a Nun , so all things are in Torah and HaShem Saw To all things . All we need to do , is Follow HaShem's Ways . HaShem Is In the most minute action , and even when trials come or punishments happen , HaShem Is There To Improve us . No one is immune from learning a lesson . Even a King , like King David , who after the incident with Bas-Sheva , was stricken with Tzaraas for six months and isolated , until he had worked through the Aveirah he had done . All of us are here to learn and grow and work through our weaknesses so we can become better beings , that Bless HaShem instead of just Blaspheming HaShem , as Golias ( Goliath ) did every day he came out to mock HaShem and the Jewish people from the Pelishtim , when David called on HaShem To Strike him with Tzaraas , before David killed him with a slingshot with HaShem's Help, for David could not abide any mockery of HaShem . It is interesting to note that as David was descended from Ruth in Moav , so was Golias descended from Orpah ( her sister - in - law ) in Moav , both these women being daughter's in law of Naomi , where Ruth chose to go with Naomi home , unlike Orpah who chose to stay in Moav with its Avodah Zorah . Thus David and Golias had to meet .
Our Parsha Tazria, teaches , that working toward purity starts at birth and continues on . 
We dare not waste a single moment , for each moment is very precious and is a Gift from HaShem . So , let us appreciate every moment we are Given , for HaShem Gives us Life To Truly Spiritually Live . May we all open our eyes to HaShem and take HaShem's Gift of Life and True Living , and Start to truly Live HaShem's Way , for only that is True Living . May we all keep pure and holy and live every moment we are Given by HaShem , for HaShem . 
I wish HaShem With Pure Love , a Very Sweet and Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh and Chodesh Tov Nissan with Love , and to all my fellow Yidden , a very sweet and beautiful Shabbos Kodesh and Chodesh Tov Nissan with love .