Chelek 27, Metzora 2

 



In Parshas Tazria the Torah starts to share,

The laws that pertain to Tzaraas that does appear.

The Torah speaks initially,

About Tzaraas on a person's body.


Then the Torah speaks about Tzaraas that on garments do show,

But only in Parshas Metzora that does follow,

Does the Torah speak about how a person becomes pure.

When you would think the subject is done, there is more in store.


The Torah then begins to tell,

The laws when Tzaraas is found in a house where a person does dwell.

In this case, there is no interruption,

The Torah immediately tells the details of purification.


Why is there a separation,

Between the laws of Tzaraas on a person,

And the laws of his purification,

Each found in a separate Torah portion?


Why does the Torah discuss the Tzaraas that does appear,

On garments that a person does wear,

In middle of the discussion about Tzaraas on a human?

It seems like an interruption.


Why is the description of Tzaraas on walls of houses written,

After the description of a person's purification?

Why isn't it taught as a continuation,

Of the blemishes on the garments that belong to a person?


What is the difference between,

Tzaraas on houses and Tzaraas that on humans are seen?

With regards to humans the purification is listed separately,

While with regards to Tzaraas on homes the purification is listed immediately.


Another point is that Hashem told the Yidden from the beginning,

That seemingly irrespective of the way that they would be behaving,

In the land that they would be entering, 

In the homes, Tzaraas He would be putting.


There are two opposite explanations taught,

For why Tzaraas was brought.

Rashi and the Midrash both say,

That Tzaraas on homes was a great way,

To discover the treasures that in the walls of the homes were hidden,

They were uncovered when homes with Tzaraas were demolished by Yidden.


The opposite explanation the Zohar does add,

Since the Canaanites served idols which is so bad,

Their homes got Tzaraas in order to be destroyed to get rid of the impurity,

So that the Yidden would rebuild their homes and live in dwellings so holy.


There are different degrees of impurity.

In most cases when a Jew took over a property,

And put a Mezuzah on his door,

The impurity left and was no more.


But in the cases where the impurity was so great, it was necessary,

To demolish the homes entirely.

In the homes where the impurity was the most severe,

The treasures were hidden and the Tzaraas did appear.


There is nothing lower than a Tzaraas blemish it is true,

It's a departure from the norms of creation to motivate a Jew,

To do Teshuva for the sin of Lashon Hara,

Which will elevate him to the highest level of a Baal Teshuvah.


The same Hebrew letters, Nega and Oneg share,

When a person is purified from the lowest Nega/blemish down here,

It is transformed to Oneg above,

Through Teshuvah that is motivated by love.


Teshuvah motivated by love is the goal,

It reveals the essence of the soul,

Which is connected to Hashem for Whom past, present and future are one,

Giving us the power to rise above the limit of time and transform what was done.


Tzaraas and its purification are in Torah portions two,

Because from a person's view,

They are as opposite as can be,

But Hashem's view is that the intent of Tzaraas is to bring purity.


This lesson is revealed specifically,

From Tzaraas on a Jewish home which has a special quality.

A home represents encompassing powers beyond nature and logic’s control,

A bond between Hashem's essence and the essence of the soul.


Clothing represents transcendence that to the person is closer,

To the size of a body it does measure,

While a house is not built according to the size of a person's body,

Yet in his home is where he can best express his essence and identity.


The Yechida of the soul does see,

From a perspective that is G-dly.

Therefore when speaking of Tzaraas on homes there is no interruption,

Between the description of the blemishes and their purification.


In Parshas Tazria, the subject of Tzaraas on homes is not found,

Because it is clear that the only reason it is around,

Is for the sake of the ascent that comes through their purification,

The same is true about Galus and redemption.


The Beis Hamikdash's destruction,

Was for the sake of discovering the treasures within,

And the purpose of sin,

Is so that we should do Teshuvah and reveal our essence within.


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