Vayikra 5:6 · unit 2

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah · Passuk 5:6 · Unit 2 of 3

Complete Passuk

וְהֵבִיא אֶת־אֲשָׁמוֹ לַיהוָה עַל חַטָּאתוֹ אֲשֶׁר חָטָא נְקֵבָה מִן־הַצֹּאן כִּשְׂבָּה אוֹ־שְׂעִירַת עִזִּים לְחַטָּאת וְכִפֶּר עָלָיו הַכֹּהֵן מֵחַטָּאתוֹ׃

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Toras Kohanim (Sifra, Vayikra Dibbura DeChovah, Section 10).

Sefaria — Toras Kohanim (Sifra, Vayikra Dibbura DeChovah, Section 10)

Core Text — Toras Kohanim · Sifra DeChovah Sec. 10
עַל חַטָּאתוֹ אֲשֶׁר חָטָא — כְּנֶגֶד הַחֵטְא.

“For his sin which he sinned” — corresponding to the sin.

In the midrash: Sifra emphasizes that the offering stands opposite the particular liability that the sin created; the correspondence between sin and offering is not generic.

Type of Learning

Diyuk of “al chatato asher chata” — the offering must match the specific liability created by the sin.

What Is Learned

The animal (and its designation) is brought as the counterpart to the particular chatas/asham obligation that arose from the sin in question. The verse’s language “for his sin which he sinned” requires a precise correspondence rather than a generic offering that could serve any liability.