OU TORAH NAALEH.COM and YU TORAH Envisioning the End By Shira Smiles
Summary by Channie Koplowitz Stein
After the sacrifices discussed in the previous parsha and the description of which animals are clean and unclean, we come to Parshiot Tazria and Metzorah which explain how a woman regains purity after giving birth, and then continues to set forth the laws of impurity and purification of the metzorah/leper. As Rashi explains, this order is logical, since man was created after the animals. Nevertheless, the medrash implies that Man may be considered as being created before the animals. If he merits, he is so designated, and if he does not merit, then we say he was created after the animals, as the Torah records chronologically. Since the Torah is always truthful, how do our Sages explain the idea that Man could be considered created prior to the animals?
Summary by Channie Koplowitz Stein
After the sacrifices discussed in the previous parsha and the description of which animals are clean and unclean, we come to Parshiot Tazria and Metzorah which explain how a woman regains purity after giving birth, and then continues to set forth the laws of impurity and purification of the metzorah/leper. As Rashi explains, this order is logical, since man was created after the animals. Nevertheless, the medrash implies that Man may be considered as being created before the animals. If he merits, he is so designated, and if he does not merit, then we say he was created after the animals, as the Torah records chronologically. Since the Torah is always truthful, how do our Sages explain the idea that Man could be considered created prior to the animals?
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