Although R' Frand did not deliver his live shiur this evening, 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/223834 and 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 not leprosy as it is a spiritual ailment, not a physical one. It can manifest on one's house, or clothing, or body. R' Frand remarked that the Tzaraas is a message from Hashem and that if the person does not get the message when its on the house, it will then appear on the clothing. And if that message is not received, it will then wind up on the body.
R' Frand noted that the Torah's description of the issue begins by stating in Vayikra 13:2 אָדָ֗ם כִּי־יִֽהְיֶ֤ה בְעֽוֹר־בְּשָׂרוֹ֙ שְׂאֵ֤ת אֽוֹ־סַפַּ֨חַת֙ א֣וֹ בַהֶ֔רֶת וְהָיָ֥ה בְעֽוֹר־בְּשָׂר֖וֹ לְנֶ֣גַע צָרָ֑עַת. The use of the word אָדָ֗ם is curious as that is the highest form of reference to a human in the Torah, yet this person has Tzaraas because he did something wrong.
R' Frand quoted R' Nissim Alpert who explains that there are people who retain the title אָדָ֗ם even if that person has done something wrong. Although the Gemara in Erchin 16 lists the various sins that could trigger Tzaraas, this person still retains the supreme title of a human being. How do we see that? Because the end of the pasuk states about this person - וְהוּבָא֙ אֶל־אַֽהֲרֹ֣ן הַכֹּהֵ֔ן - he is brought to Aharon HaKohain. But who is bringing him?
R' Alpert used the example of someone with chest pains. If the person does not want to go to the doctor because he does not want to be told that he has a cardiac issue. Similarly a person with a toothache may not go to the dentist, because he does not want to hear what is really wrong.
The person with Tzaraas is brought to the Kohain, but he is brought by himself. He knows that something is wrong and that he needs to improve himself. This is why he is referred to as an אָדָ֗ם - because he is man enough to admit that he must have done something wrong and as such, he brings himself to the Kohain.
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