Parshat Tazria-Metzora Part 2: The Spiritual Meaning of Tzara'at

Torah teaches us about a very complex disease, which is called tsara'at, leprosy. It was a special spiritual disease that God would send [music] to punish a person who spoke lashon hara, gossip. When a person spoke badly about others, special marks would sometimes appear on their body. But because God [music] is merciful and wants the person to repent, he wouldn't punish them directly on their body. Instead, the blemish would begin on the walls of their home. Suddenly, different [music] colors would appear on the walls. After that, if the person didn't repent, those blemishes [music] would come upon their clothing. If they repented, good, but if not, only then would [music] God punish them on their body. The person would be called a metzora and had to go outside [music] the camp. He had to tear his clothes, not comb his hair, cover his [music] mustache, and call out the words impure, impure, so that people [music] would know to stay away from him.