As explained above, the word תשובה can be divided into תשוב ה' - returning the letter ה' (Bina – contemplation) and the resulting yearning for Hashem - to the letter י', which refers to Chochma. Chochma is connected to the higher awareness and selfless dedication to Hashem. Thus, the idea of the “Metzora” coming to the “Kohen” is similar to the ה' coming to the י'.
First, the maamar explained the meaning of “And [the Metzora] shall be brought to the Kohen” to mean awakening the “yearning” to become included in the truth of Hashem, and connecting that yearning to the self-nullification of Chochma (which is referred to as “the Kohen”). Now, the maamar will explain the meaning of the verse, “And the Kohen will go out (to the Metzora):”
ךַּכ רַחַאְו"וְּיָּצַָּׁאַַׁׁה כ ֹהֵַׁןַׁ:" הַיְינוּ הַמְש כַ ת הַש ּ וֹ ב לְהִּתְלַבּ ש בְּכ לִּי ם ֹו יִּתֹואְות.
After this process of the Metzora coming to the Kohen, reconnecting the Yearning to the Returning, then “The Kohen shall go out to the Metzora” - meaning, to draw forth the aspect of “Return” to reveal Hashem in this world, to become expressed in the “vessels” and letters of the words of the Torah.
וְהוּ א ֹוסְיֶ ש ה ניִּחְּבד־אַבּ א בּוֹק עַ יְסוֹ ד־ך שְמִּנְו א ּמיִּא וּמִּ תְ פַּש ּ ט לַחוּ ץ. וְכַנּוֹד ע
This (drawing forth from Chochma) is the idea that the revelation of Chochma connects and penetrates inwardly into Bina (i.e. penetrates deeply into Bina) and is then expressed outside [in the emotions (Z’eir Anpin) and in thought speech and deed of Torah and Mitzvos], as is known the explanation of the verse: “Yaakov had just left and gone out.”
