"Take the green pill with a big glass of water first thing in the morning,” the doctor said. “Then the blue pill with a big glass of water after lunch. Just before bed, take the red pill with another big glass of water."
The patient was upset that she had to take so many pills, and nervously she asked “Doctor, what’s my problem?”
The doctor replied, "You're not drinking enough water."
In this week’s double parasha we learn about how to deal with the condition known as tzara’at, often translated as leprosy. While we may think of illnesses as needing physical cures, the torah considers such a condition to require a spiritual solution:
