April 22, 2023; 1 Iyar, 5783
Parsha
In Parshas Tazria, the Passuk (Vayikra 13:46) tells us regarding Tzara’as, “All the days the lesion is upon him, he shall remain unclean. He is unclean, he shall dwell isolated, and his dwelling shall be outside the camp.”
Rashi explains the words, “he shall dwell isolated” to mean that other unclean people [that are not stricken with Tzara’as] shall not live with him. Our Sages said: “Why is he different from other unclean people that he must remain isolated? Since, with his slander, he caused [discord and] separation between man and wife or between man and his fellow man, he too, in kind, will need to be separated”...