Parshas Tazria Metzora: Lashon Hara as Epidemic

Once Mutual Distrust Starts to Spread, It Doesn't Stop

So this week’s parsha(s) is about tzaraat, the physical manifestation of the spiritual ailment of lashon hara, “evil speech”, what I would broadly describe as speaking disparagingly of others. While no explicit connection to lashon hara is made in our parsha, that connection is very close to explicit in the story of Miriam and less close in the story of…