Article 3 is from our Question-Answer series
The 4th article presents insights for the 2nd chapter of Pirkei Avot (the Mishnaic tractate of 'Ethical Principles')
of which we study one chapter each Shabbat until Shavuot. (Many repeat the cycle until Rosh Hashana).
The Weekly Reading combines two separate readings; these are the subject of the last three articles;
Fertility is the subject of the opening verses, and this is the focus of the lead article.

(Those of you in Israel should click to Tazria-Metzora for articles on the Weekly Reading there. For something on ch. 3 of Pirkei Avot, go to our Avot menu page.)