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 parshiyot? After all, they both deal with the same primary subject of the
 metzora.

 The first letters of  and  spell the word  (death). This
 hints to setting fixed times for learning Torah and sacrificing oneself to
 this end. This can be accomplished by disconnecting totally from all
 earthly matters, as a dead person, while learning.

 It says, “  .” One who strives to be attached to Hashem has
 to fight to succeed. The person who dedicates himself to Torah merits
 planting seeds of novel insights. One should raise his sons to grow seeds
 of Torah.

 Since Shelomit bat Divri raised her son by her personal example of
 engaging in idle chatter, she caused him to ultimately curse Hashem’s

 Name. In the end, he was stoned for his crime.
 Miriam’s sin in discussing her brother Moshe was that she had engaged
 in unnecessary speech.

 There is a story told about Rabbi Eliezer Dawilla, and similarly about
 Rabbi Nissim Rebibo. When they were distressed by their inability to
 comprehend the words of the Maharsha, they were miraculously
 granted clarification from Heaven. Whoever toils in the study of
 Torah, sacrificing himself in it, ultimately merits extraordinary Divine
 assistance.
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