These obscure parashot deal with a phenomenon that was an anomaly even at the time that it manifested in ancient Israel. The strange discolouration and lesion called tsara'at. It is rabbinic tradition that this would occur due to slanderous speech and negative thought as a signal indicating spiritual illness and the need to mend one's ways. In this episode we consider what this entire concept teaches us and how we ourselves might find spiritual healing from its ancient lessons even today.