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Chamishi when connected to Tazria
- The Karbanos of a pauper Metzora:
- A Metzora who cannot afford to take three animals, is to take a single male lamb for an Asham, and flour mixed with oil for a Mincha, and a Lug of oil, and two birds, one for a Chatas and one for a Olah. The same purification process is to be repeated. [The Torah goes on to repeat every single step mentioned above, without change.]
📘 Rashi Q&A — Vayikra 14:21–32
14:21 — The Poor Metzora
Q1. What does “וְעִשָּׂרוֹן סֹלֶת אֶחָד” teach according to Rashi?
A: Since the metzora brings one lamb as a guilt‑offering, he brings one‑tenth of an ephah of fine flour for its libation.
Q2. Why does Scripture specify “וְלֹג שָׁמֶן”?
A: To indicate oil used for application on the ear, thumb, and toe; the oil mixed with the grain‑offering need not be specified explicitly.
14:22 — Birds of the Poor
Q3. How are the two birds designated?
A: One as a sin‑offering and one as an ascent‑offering, according to what the person can afford.
14:23 — “The Eighth Day”
Q4. What does “בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי לְטָהֳרָתוֹ” mean?
A: The eighth day counting from the first purification rite, involving the two birds and the sprinkling with cedar, hyssop, and scarlet wool.
14:24 — Waving the Offerings
Q5. What items are waved according to this verse?
A: The guilt‑offering lamb together with the log of oil.
14:25 — Blood Application
Q6. Where is the blood of the guilt‑offering applied?
A: On the middle ridge of the antihelix of the right ear, the right thumb, and the right big toe of the metzora.
14:26–27 — Oil Sprinkling
Q7. What does the priest do with the oil after pouring it into his left palm?
A: He dips his right index finger and sprinkles oil seven times before God.
14:28 — Oil on the Blood’s Place
Q8. What does “עַל־מְקוֹם דַּם הָאָשָׁם” teach?
A: Even if the blood is no longer visible, the oil must be placed on the same location—the place of the blood, not the blood itself.
14:29 — Oil on the Head
Q9. What is accomplished by placing the remaining oil on the metzora’s head?
A: It effects atonement for him before God.
14:30–31 — Order of Offerings
Q10. What determines which of the birds is brought?
A: What the person can afford.
Q11. In what order are the offerings brought?
A:
- Sin‑offering
- Ascent‑offering
- Grain‑offering
14:32 — Concluding Statement
Q12. What does this verse summarize?
A: The law of purification for a metzora who cannot afford the full set of offerings.