In last week’s Parsha, we find the difference between a Metzorah Musgar, who is someone locked away in order to determine whether he really has a definite Tzoraas affliction, and a Metzora Muchlat, who is someone who definitely has Tzoraas. The person who is suspected of Tzoraas and is put away for a week or two, and then pronounced Tahor, clean, need only take himself and his clothes to the Mikvah. However, the Metzora Muchlat, the definite Metzora, must live separated from people, letting his hair grow, with his clothing torn, screaming to people that he is tamei so that they do not get near him, and eventually, if and when he becomes Tahor, he must go through an entire purification process. HaRav Yechezkel Levenstein, Zt’l, explains that the Metzora Musgar, who was merely locked away for a week or two recognized that he needed to rectify that which he was doing wrong and quickly did Teshuva for his actions. As a result, he was spared much shame, pain and ordeal. On the other hand, the Metzora Muchlat didn’t respond to his Tzoraas with a quick turnaround of Teshuva, and, as a result, had to wallow deeply in the mire of his avaira.