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*Tazria-Metzora: Get the Hint*

Chazal tell us that צרעת would afflict those who spoke lashon hara. The meforshim point out that the treatment of a one who has צרעת seems to emphasize this message: just as lashon hara causes people to turn away from one another, so too a מצורע is sent away from society.

The Sefer HaChinuch suggests that the takeaway message from all this is that nothing happens to us for no reason. If we find ourselves suffering from some sort of sickness or trouble, it is important for us to realize that Hashem is trying to tell us something. By examining Hashem is doing to us, we can attempt to see what messages He is trying to tell us.

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