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The Seforno gives a technical answer. The kohen sees him outside the encampment; however, the metzora approaches the kohen as much as he can to minimize the kohen’s travel. The Ramban proposes two explanations. One is that bringing the kohen refers solely to the fact that he becomes pure only if the kohen pronounces him fit for purification, not when the symptoms disappear. The second pasuk mentions that the kohen makes "a house call" to do so. The second explanation, based on Torat Kohanim, is that the stress that the metzora is brought to the kohen teaches that he is forced to go immediately to the kohen even if he prefers not to.
Besides answering the technical question, the Ramban’s explanations provide an educational/ psychological framework to understand the purification process from the metzora’s viewpoint. The metzora was afflicted by an apparently physical ailment. Instead of receiving a medical solution to the problem, a religious functionary condemned him to solitude and introspection on the spiritual cause of the ailment. That which we see as the only acceptable remedy to the root cause of the problem can seem to the metzora as the kohen’s shirking his leadership responsibilities and condemning the helpless. Therefore, the Torah ensures that it is a kohen who not only sends him away but also goes out to await the time that the metzora can be returned. He will be the one to welcome the metzora back to participate in society at the appointed time and in the correct manner.
The second approach is centered on a more complex psychological scenario. The metzora, who is condemned to live apart from society, can react in different ways. One is to give up on the connection with society. "If they don’t want me, I don’t want them." Another unfortunate, possible response is the fear of further rejection. "What if I call for a kohen and he declares that I am still not ready?" To distance the metzora from such reactions, the Torah decrees that when others feel the metzora is ready, he is required to go to the kohen and jump back into things. Whether or not he is ready to admit that he needs to be mainstreamed back into society or has the confidence, the kohen is to interpret the Divine signs that manifest themselves in the metzora’s physical state.
Return is not easy. However, there is a time for and a manner in which the path back home should be embarked upon.
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Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 9 - "Seeing is Believing" (parag. 21-30)
These paragraphs elaborate on the theme that seeing and knowing is better than any attempt to prove logically, and begins explaining the difference between Israel and gentiles.
Ein Aya Various Universal Stages of the Geula Process
Rav Kook examines the various stages of redemption, explaining how (in addition to the obvious oft-mentioned stages of ingathering the exiles, reviving the Hebrew language, army, state etc.) the messianic dream of world prosperity, the State of Israel and world unity can and are realistically and logically gradually coming true.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
How do we know that the "claim" of mass revelation to 2,000,000 witnesses at Mt. Sinai is really true? This important class answers all of the questions skeptics ask about this claim of the Kuzari.
Ein Aya Armies Still Necessary for Balance & the War Against Wars
Rav Kook explains why the world was originally divided into the various seemingly contradicting ideologies and cultures, in order to develop each one respectively. Swords or armies symbolize how each respective ideology defends themselves, as well as deters their opposing ideologies and cultures. On the other hand, the messianic era will be one of peace, and Rav Kook explains the transition to that stage, which mankind is already undergoing.
The Land of Israel LGBT'S IN ISRAEL
The question was asked, how can one make Aliyah with the LGBT parades?
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 7 - Five Accumulative Proofs of G-d
As a preparation for the Kuzari's classic proof of G-d from the mass-revelation at Sinai, we start here with 5 other directions to strengthen our belief which also contribute to what the Kuzari will present as well.
Ein Aya Muscle & Meaning: The Dual Nature of Gevurah (Physical Strength)
Is physical strength and fitness a necessity or an ideal? Although it if often totally overlooked among topics of Judaism, Rav Kook writes that it clearly is also a necessity to deter the many enemies of Israel, but even in Y'mot HaMashiach, in the Messianic era, to a certain extent, it's ideal continues even after our enemies will have been finished off.
