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“Before a blind person,” the Torah does say, “You shall not place a stumbling block,” in his way. Rashi explains that to someone who is blind in a particular manner, You shall not give advice, that for him, is improper.” To explain the simple interpretation is Rashi's goal, So why does he deviate from his role? The Mizrachi says that this explanation is a continuation, Of Rashi's previous explanation on the words “You shall not curse a deaf person.” The deaf and the blind the Mizrachi does compare, Just like the deaf includes any person who is alive, not just people that can't hear, So too the blind includes anyone who is blind to something, However, only the blind phrase is completely stripped of its literal meaning. Even if we accepted the Mizrachi's view it wouldn't suffice, To explain why Rashi explains putting a stumbling block as saying bad advice. With the simple explanation it would better align, If Rashi would explain it as not placing, in a Nazir's han...

  In Parshas Tazria the Torah starts to share, The laws that pertain to Tzaraas that does appear. The Torah speaks initially, About Tzaraas on a person's body. Then the Torah speaks about Tzaraas that on garments do show, But only in Parshas Metzora that does follow, Does the Torah speak about how a person becomes pure. When you would think the subject is done, there is more in store. The Torah then begins to tell, The laws when Tzaraas is found in a house where a person does dwell. In this case, there is no interruption, The Torah immediately tells the details of purification. Why is there a separation, Between the laws of Tzaraas on a person, And the laws of his purification, Each found in a separate Torah portion? Why does the Torah discuss the Tzaraas that does appear, On garments that a person does wear, In middle of the discussion about Tzaraas on a human? It seems like an interruption. Why is the description of Tzaraas on walls of houses written, After the description of a p...