Vayikra 5:11 · unit 2

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah · Passuk 5:11 · Unit 2 of 11

Complete Passuk

וְאִם־לֹא תַשִּׂיג יָדוֹ לִשְׁתֵּי תֹרִים אוֹ לִשְׁנֵי בְּנֵי־יוֹנָה וְהֵבִיא אֶת־קָרְבָּנוֹ אֲשֶׁר חָטָא עֲשִׂירִת הָאֵיפָה סֹלֶת לְחַטָּאת לֹא־יָשִׂים עָלֶיהָ שֶׁמֶן וְלֹא־יִתֵּן עָלֶיהָ לְבֹנָה כִּי חַטָּאת הִיא׃

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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

לְחַטָּאת — שֶׁיִּהְיֶה הֶפְרֵשׁ מָעוֹת לְשֵׁם חַטָּאת.

“For a chatas” — so that the money set aside shall be designated for the sake of a chatas.

In the midrash: The word “le-chatas” requires that the funds used for the flour offering be consecrated specifically as chatas money. The designation locks the coins to this purpose.

Type of Learning

Diyuk of purpose designation — “le-chatas” requires that the funds be consecrated specifically as chatas money.

What Is Learned

When a poor person sets aside coins for this flour offering, those coins are chatas-money and cannot be freely redirected to another purpose. The designation created by “le-chatas” binds the money to the chatas obligation.

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