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Tazria/Metzora – Two Types of Troubles

There are two stages that a person afflicted with Tzaras goes through. When the Tzaras first appears, it is declared by the Kohen to be in a state of ????, where he is set aside for seven days to see if the Tzaras spreads. If it spreads, the Kohen then declares it ???? ?????, definite Tzaras.

R� Chaim Mintz suggests that these two types of Tzaras reflect the two reasons that Hashem brings troubles upon us. The first is to get a person to be ????? ??????, to examine their actions. Just as the initial ???? ????? must be isolated and examined, so too should a person�s first reactions to encountering ?????? be to examine what they might be doing wrong.

But if a person does not react to difficulties by finding and fixing their shortcomings, another form of ?????? may be needed. Unlike the first, there are not merely a wake-up call. These ?????? must be powerful enough to actually fix their problem, not just draw attention to it. An example of this is the ????? who must be isolated from society so that he can internalize and truly appreciate how bad the breakdown in relationships are that Lashon Hara causes.

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