Tazria-Metzora

DIVINE AFFLICTION The main topic of both of these parshiot is the disease of tzara’at.  Most people mistakenly translate this word as leprosy.  Why do I say “mistakenly”?  Well, for one thing, if it is a regular, pathological condition, why do Chazal say that it is caused by spiritual maladies such as slander, haughtiness, and…