Due to this being the last Thursday Night shiur before Pesach, R' Frand did not deliver his live shiur. However R' Frand did post a pre-recorded Parsha vort on OU Torah which I have summarized here. This week's vort can be found at https://outorah.org/p/190665, but I have attempted to reproduce the vort to the best of my ability in this post. Any perceived inconsistency is the result of my efforts to transcribe the shiur and should not be attributed to the maggid shiur.
R' Frand began the vort by noting that Tzaraas is translated as leprosy, but that is not accurate as it is not a physical ailment and can even be found on inanimate objects such as clothing and the walls of a house.
Rashi comments on Vayikra 14:35 that the Kohain's advising that Tzaaras on a home is a "Besorah Tova" - good news! The reason is that Canaanite prior occupants of the home hid gold and silver in the walls and now that the Jews were there the Tzaraas exposes that there is a pot of gold in the home.
R' Frand asked - there are easier ways for Hashem to give someone money? Why put in the walls and have them knock down the walls?
R' Frand quoted the first Gerrer Rebbi who comments on the directive from Moshe to the Jews in Shemos to ask ("V'Yishalu) for golden and silver vessels from the Egyptians. Why was this the language of borrowing when it was not going to be returned? He answers that this was the Jews first experience with money after being slaves in Egypt for 210 years. The first rule of money is that the money is Hashem's and he is just loaning it to you for you to use it properly. But you should always keep in mind that the money is on loan from Hashem.
R' Frand said that he was told by someone who was looking for a job that he had asked Mr. Germazian (sp?) why did you become so rich? He responded because Hashem knows that I know what to do with the money.
R' Frand quoted the Sefer Milchamos Yehuda who explains that the reason that Hashem gave gold & silver this way is to teach a lesson that gold & silver can destroy a person's home, because if money takes ahold of a person, it can destroy the family. R' Frand suggested that if someone wants to hear horror stories they can ask an Estates attorney about how an inheritance destroys families.
Therefore Hashem gave the money this way as a warning that gold & silver can destroy the home if a person allows it to take over.
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