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"The Power of Praise" | Tazria-Metzora, Covenant & Conversation 5778

The Office of Rabbi Sacks

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The Importance of a Simple Ritual to Change the Relationship Between Husbands and Wives

The sages were puzzled about the major theme of taria masura, the skin disease known as tarat. The rabbis gave that sarat was a punishment for lashan hara, evil speech and hateful, derogatory, speaking about people. When i asked them whether lena had helped their child, not only did each one say yes, but they went on to say she had helped save their marriage. Now this was extraordinary. She wasn't a marriage guidance counsellor. She was a speech therapist. Yet so powerful was this one simple ritual that it had massive beneficial side effects,. One of which was to transform the relationship between husbands and wives. It would be an environment in

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