The Tora of the Leper, Borenipetim

The plague of speech is not about disavowing our speech, but about reclaiming our speech. He describes us having words of tora in our innermost beings. That's our true selves. But through sins and uttering lashonhar ill speech from our mouths, the inner essence that we have inside us is closed off. These birds that are described as tahor, they're pure we want to reconnect with and reclaim our voice as our instrument rather than damaging it.