This Dvar Torah is dedicated in the zechus of Yehudis Miriam Bas Raizel. May she merit a speedy refuah shleima! כ ִּ֤י תָבֹ֨אוּ֙ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ כּ ְנַ֔עַן אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֛י נֹתֵ֥ן לָכֶ֖ם לַֽאֲחֻזָּ֑ה וְנָֽתַתִּי֙ נֶ֣גַע צָרַ֔עַת בְּבֵ֖ית אֶ֥רֶץ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶֽם: וּבָא֙ אֲשֶׁר ־ל ֣וֹ הַבַּ֔י ִת וְהִגִּ֥יד לַכֹּהֵ֖ן לֵאמֹ֑ר כְּנֶ֕גַע נִרְאָ֥ה לִ֖י בַּבָּֽיִת: " When you come to the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as a possession, and I place a lesion of tzara'ath upon a house in the land of your possession, and the one to whom the house belongs comes and tells the kohen, saying, "Something like a lesion has appeared to me in the house, " (Vayikra 14:34,35) The language of this passuk is somewhat peculiar. נָֽתַתִּי֙ (and I place) would in theory indicate that Hashem is giving us a gift a nd yet i t is clear from the Torah that Tzaras is an indication that we have done something wrong. Indeed we find both explanations in Chazal. Rashi, quoting the Medrash (Vayikra Rabba 17:6), explains that the finding of Tzaras on a home is good news as the Amorites had hidden treasures of gold within the walls o f their homes and when the home is demolished as a result of the Tzaras the family will be blessed with wealth. On the other hand, the Torah addresses the homeowner whose house was afflicted with Tzaras with the term וּבָא֙ אֲשֶׁר־ל֣וֹ הַבַּ֔יִת “he to whom the house belongs to him.” The Gemara in Yoma (11b) explains that the words“‘to h i m” implies one who devotes his house to himself ex
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