Chazal tell us that the possibility of tzaraas habayis was indeed good news. The Emorites had hidden treasures of gold in their houses during the forty years in which Bnei Yisrael wandered in the desert. When the Jews demolished the house in reaction to a plague, they would uncover the treasure. Rashi’s version of Chazal is that the tzaraas will be “upon them,” rather than “upon the house”. This implies that a hidden treasure will be discovered in all cases of tzaraas,even tzaraas ha’guf, leprosy affecting the body. The idea of hidden treasure within a human being is certainly a…
