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 feared that the people would learn from his conduct and divorce their                         10 vaikra
 wives. There is an opinion that claims that Miriam spoke in the presence
 of Moshe. Therefore, it is difficult to understand why she was afflicted.
 However, by saying, “Did He not speak with us, as well?” she compared
 her own level of prophecy to the level of Moshe, and that is why she was                                         “All the days that the affliction is upon him he
 guilty. She minimized the level of Moshe’s prophecy and thereby                                                  shall remain impure; he is impure. He shall stay
 offended his honor, which is considered lashon hara.                                                             in isolation; his dwelling shall be outside the
                                                                                                                  camp”
 The Torah relates that Chava listened to the words of the Snake, which
 were an affront to the honor of Heaven. Thereafter, she repeated them to                                                                                      (Vayikra 13:46)
 Adam. Since Chava repeated the words, it indicates that she accepted
 them. Therefore, it is surprising why Chava was not afflicted by tzara’at,
 whereas Miriam, who had worthy intentions, was afflicted.

 The metzora is considered to be dead, because he is obligated to dwell in
 isolation outside the camp, and the Shechinah departs from him. Hashem
 knew that if He would inflict Chava with tzara’at, she would become
 revolting to Adam. Then, what future would there be for the world?
 Therefore, Hashem rendered Chava a niddah, which temporarily separated
 her from her husband, instead of inflicting her with tzara’at.The tumah
 of niddah is a lesser degree of tumah than that of tzara’at, and it had the
 potential to arouse Chava to do teshuvah for her sin.
 The state of niddah is one of the ten penalties with which the woman was
 punished. Throughout all the generations, women atone for the sin of
 Chava through their suffering because of the tumah of niddah. There is a
 hint to this by the juxtaposition of the pasuk, “as during the days of her
 menstruant infirmity shall she be impure” to the subject of the metzora.

 Hashem did not want Chava to become despised by her husband in order
 not to create a schism in the Name of  ,since  (man) and
 (woman) have the Shechinah residing between them.
 One who speaks lashon hara causes his prayers not to be accepted. Instead
 he assists the kelippah in gaining power through them. Similarly, one who  Miriam was afflicted with tzara’at despite her good intentions when
 speaks lashon hara creates a division in the two worlds, which were  speaking about Moshe. Since Moshe was the leader of the nation, Miriam
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