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The reason for the spring water is that the Torah is compared to water. 11 vaikra
This implies that lack of Torah causes a person to sin.
There are many extraordinary procedures concerning the purification of
the metzora. First of all, why is a bird slaughtered and its blood sprinkled
seven times? Why is the living bird dipped in the blood of the slaughtered
bird? This seems like cruelty to animals. Why is the living bird set free?
What is the point in mixing the blood of the slaughtered bird with spring
water? Why does the defiled person have to come specifically to the
Kohen and not go to another Torah authority? Without doubt, we do not
fully understand the words of the Torah, but we may attempt to explain
“When you arrive in the land of Canaan that I this subject.
give you as a possession, and I will place a The Torah commands that the purification be done via the Kohen, since

tzara’at affliction upon a house in the land of the Kohen would receive gifts from the nation. Often, a person would feel
your possession” pangs of envy for the Kohen. Thinking negatively about his fellow is what
ultimately leads one to speak lashon hara. Therefore, his rectification is
(Vayikra 14:34)
executed only by the Kohen.

The purification process required two birds to indicate that just as birds
twitter and peck at one another, likewise, the slanderer behaves in this way
as well. One bird was slaughtered, and the other bird was set free to
signify that the one who spoke lashon hara spilled his fellow’s blood and
continued on his merry way. Therefore, the living bird is dipped in the
blood of the bird that was slaughtered so that the person should realize
that the blood of his fellow was spilled because of him.

Another reason for setting the bird free is that Bnei Yisrael are compared
to a dove. The dove can fly only because it possesses wings. The wings
of Bnei Yisrael are their Torah scholars, because without the Torah
scholars it is impossible to advance spiritually. A person who distances
himself from Torah scholars will end up speaking lashon hara.

The Kohen places the water in an earthenware vessel, which symbolizes
humility, since there is no method to purify earthenware other than
breaking it. This indicates that a person who sins should correct his
character traits by becoming humble, breaking the trait of arrogance.
Humility prevents a person from speaking lashon hara.