# Why is a Metzora isolated?

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Podcast: [Simply Deep](https://stenobird.com/podcast/simply-deep-5901542)
Published: 2026-04-22T01:33:22+00:00
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## Resource

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.

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