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Sotah 023: Leper or Metzora?
MG <> asked:
you use the word leper on this page. I thought it was pretty well established
that Metzora has nothing to do with leprosy whatsoever. It is a miracle not
the medicaln condition called leprosy. Do you have rishonim to back you up?
MG, bklyn usa
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The Kollel replies:
Shalom! I looked through our Insights, Background, Review Questions, Review
Answers, Outlines of the Daf, Outlines of the Halachah, Revach l'Daf, and the
only place I found leper was in the Outlines:
"(f) Answer: A male Metzora does Pri'ah (Tana'im argue if his means to let his
hair grow, or to bare his head) and tears his clothes. A female leper does not"
If that is what you are referring to, we will make it consistent and write
"Metzora" by the female as well, thank you for pointing it out.
By the way, I can't remember sources that say Tzara'as is a miraculous human
ailment (non-existent today), as opposed to leprosy. I am only aware of the
Rambam (end of Hilchos Tzara'as) and Ramban (Vayikra 13:47) and others who
write that Nig'ei *Batim* and *Begadim* are miraculous and have no natural
counterpart. In fact, as far as I can tell, Chazal use the word "Metzora"
freely even when referring to the physical human malady, unrelated to the
Halachic condition. Please let me know what your sources are.
Best wishes,
Mordecai Kornfeld
Kollel Iyun Hadaf
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