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EXTRA 2 — Vayikra 5:8 · Sifra

וְהִקְרִ֛יב אֶת־אֲשֶׁ֥ר לַֽחַטָּ֖את רִאשׁוֹנָ֑ה

Sifra — binyan av for precedence.

Core Text
״וְהִקְרִיב אֶת אֲשֶׁר לַחַטָּאת רִאשׁוֹנָה״ — בִּנְיַן אָב לְכָל חַטָּאוֹת הַבָּאוֹת עִם הָעוֹלוֹת: בֵּין חַטַּאת הָעוֹף עִם עוֹלַת הָעוֹף, בֵּין חַטַּאת בְּהֵמָה עִם עוֹלַת בְּהֵמָה — חַטָּאוֹת קוֹדְמוֹת לְעוֹלוֹת.

English: “He shall offer the one for the chatas first” — a prototype (binyan av) for all chatas offerings that accompany olah offerings: whether bird with bird or animal with animal, the chatas precedes the olah.

In Sifra: The explicit order in the bird pair becomes the model for every mixed chatas–olah pair; the chatas is always performed first.

Type of Learning

R’ Yishmael #3 (בנין אב).

What Is Learned

Whenever a chatas and an olah are brought together, the chatas service is completed before the olah begins.

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