Episode

Why is a Metzora isolated?

Podcast: Simply Deep
Published: Apr 22, 2026
Duration seconds: 1381
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Summary

Though we ordinarily think a metzora is isolated in order to break his addiction to social approval, Rashi (13:46) provides a different explanation: because he separated with his lashon hara between a man and his wife or a man and his friend, he too must be separated from people.