📜 Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Tzav – Sheiyni: The Karban Chatas and Asham (Monday 5th Nissan)

📘 Rashi Q&A — Vayikra 6:12–7:10

6:12–13 — The High Priest’s Grain‑Offering

Q1. What does “זֶה קָרְבַּן אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו” teach according to Rashi?

A: That ordinary priests bring this offering once, on the day of their inauguration, while the High Priest brings it daily.

Q2. How do we know the High Priest brings it every day?

A: From the phrase “מִנְחַת תָּמִיד” (“a perpetual grain‑offering”).

Q3. How is the daily offering divided?

A: Half in the morning and half in the afternoon.

6:14 — Preparation of the Offering

Q4. What does “מֻרְבֶּכֶת” mean?

A: Scalded in boiling water.

Q5. What does “תֻּפִינֵי” mean?

A: Baked many times—scalded, baked, then fried.

Q6. What does “מִנְחַת פִּתִּים” teach?

A: That the offering must be broken into pieces.

Q7. Why are the pieces not fully separated?

A: Because a fistful must still be removable; therefore the loaf is folded, not crumbled.

6:15–16 — Complete Burning

Q8. Who prepares this offering after the death of the High Priest?

A: The anointed son who succeeds him.

Q9. What does “כָּלִיל תָּקְטָר” teach?

A: That the entire offering is burned, including both the fistful and the remainder.

Q10. How does this differ from ordinary grain‑offerings?

A: Ordinary grain‑offerings have a fistful removed, but this one does not.

Q11. What rule applies to all personal grain‑offerings of priests?

A: They must be entirely burned and not eaten.

6:18 — Slaughter of the Sin‑Offering

Q12. Where is the sin‑offering slaughtered?

A: In the same place as the burnt‑offering.

Q13. What level of sanctity does the sin‑offering have?

A: Kodesh Kodashim (most holy).

6:19 — Eating the Sin‑Offering

Q14. What does “הַמְחַטֵּא אֹתָהּ” mean?

A: The priest who performs the essential service acts of the offering.

Q15. Does only that priest eat the offering?

A: No. It excludes only those unfit at the time of blood application.

Q16. Who is explicitly included later as eligible to eat?

A: Every male priest.

6:20 — Contact with the Sin‑Offering

Q17. What does “כֹּל אֲשֶׁר יִגַּע בִּבְשָׂרָהּ” include?

A: Any food that absorbs flavor from the sin‑offering.

Q18. What does “יִקְדָּשׁ” mean in this context?

A: The food becomes subject to the same laws as the sin‑offering.

Q19. What must be done if blood splashes on a garment?

A: The affected area must be washed in the Courtyard.

6:21 — Cooking Vessels

Q20. Why must an earthenware vessel be broken?

A: Because absorbed sacrificial meat becomes leftover, which cannot be purified.

Q21. What does “וּמֹרַק” mean?

A: Purged, i.e., cleaned to release absorbed flavor.

Q22. Why can copper vessels be reused?

A: Because they can be purged and rinsed, unlike earthenware.

6:22 — Who May Eat

Q23. What does “כָּל־זָכָר בַּכֹּהֲנִים” include?

A: All male priests, including those not involved in that offering’s service.

Q24. Who is excluded despite being a priest?

A: Those unfit to perform the sin‑offering service.

6:23 — Blood Entering the Sanctuary

Q25. What happens if blood meant for the outer Altar enters the Tent of Meeting?

A: The offering becomes invalid and must be burned.

Q26. What does the word “וְכָל” add here?

A: It extends the rule to other sacrifices as well.

7:1 — The Guilt‑Offering

Q27. What does “קֹדֶשׁ קָדָשִׁים הוּא” teach about the guilt‑offering?

A: It is sacrificed, but its substitute is not.

7:2 — Slaughter of the Guilt‑Offering

Q28. Why does the Torah say “יִשְׁחֲטוּ” in the plural?

A: To include cases of communal guilt‑offerings.

Q29. What law is learned from its comparison to the burnt‑offering?

A: That it, too, is slaughtered north of the Altar.

7:3–5 — Designated Parts

Q30. Why are the fats of the guilt‑offering listed here?

A: Because they were not previously specified, unlike the sin‑offering.

Q31. Why is the tail included?

A: Because guilt‑offerings come only from rams or lambs.

7:5 — “אָשָׁם הוּא”

Q32. What does “אָשָׁם הוּא” teach?

A: That it remains a guilt‑offering until formally redesignated.

Q33. Why can’t it become a valid burnt‑offering automatically?

A: Because redesignation must occur before slaughter, not after.

7:6–7 — Priestly Portions

Q34. Who receives a portion of the guilt‑offering?

A: Any priest fit to effect atonement.

Q35. Who is excluded?

A: A tevul yom, one lacking atonement, and an onen.

7:8 — Hides of Burnt‑Offerings

Q36. Who receives the hide of a burnt‑offering?

A: The priest who offered it, excluding unfit priests.

7:9–10 — Grain‑Offerings

Q37. Who receives baked or fried grain‑offerings?

A: The family group on duty that day.

Q38. What does “בְּלוּלָה בַשֶּׁמֶן” refer to?

A: Voluntary grain‑offerings.

Q39. What does “וַחֲרֵבָה” refer to?

A: Grain‑offerings without oil, such as those of a sinner or sotah.

Q40. How are these grain‑offerings distributed?

A: Equally among all the sons of Aaron.