EXTRA — Vayikra 7:1

Parashas Tzav · זאת תורת האשם · Sifra Tzav

Complete Passuk

וְזֹ֥את תּוֹרַ֖ת הָאָשָׁ֑ם קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים הֽוּא׃
Source

Sifra Tzav, Section 5; Torath Kohanim.

Core Text

Core Text זֹאת תּוֹרַת הָאָשָׁם — לְבֵית עוֹלָמִים. זֹאת — אֵינָהּ נוֹהֶגֶת בַּבָּמָה.
תּוֹרַת הָאָשָׁם — תּוֹרָה אַחַת לְכָל אֲשָׁמוֹת שֶׁיִּהְיֶה דָּמָם נִתָּן לְמַטָּה.

Translation: “This is the law of the guilt-offering” — for the Temple of all generations. “This” — it does not obtain on a bamah. “The law of the guilt-offering” — one law for all guilt-offerings, that their blood is applied below (the red line).

In Sifra: The verse both restricts the asham to the permanent Temple and generalizes the blood-application rule to every species of asham (including that of a metzora).

Middah: Custom (halakhic generalization from “toras”).