Daily Chumash Monday Tzav: The Karban Chatas and Asham

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1. The Karban of the Kohanim on the day of their inauguration:
   • On the day of his inauguration, Aaron and his children are to offer to Hashem a 10^th of an Eifa [2.49 liter[1]] of flour as a Mincha offering. It is to be fine flour [i.e. Soles]. Half is to be offered in the morning and half in the evening.
   • Fried crackers: It is to be fried in oil in a pan and broken to small pieces.
   • This offering is to be brought in each generation by the Kohen who inherits the mantle of priesthood from his father.
   • Entirely offered: The entire Mincha is to be offered to Hashem and no part of it is to be eaten.

2. The laws of the Chatas offering:

• The following are the laws of the Chatas offering: It is to be slaughtered in the same area as the Olah, in front of Hashem. This offering is a holy of holies.
• The eating: It is to be eaten by the Kohen who offers it. It is to be eaten in a holy area, in the courtyard of the Ohel Moed. It is to be eaten by all male Kohanim.
• Its taste: Whatever touches [and absorbs from] its flesh becomes holy.
• The garments: Any garment that gets wet from its blood is to be laundered in the holy place.
• The vessel: The earthenware vessel in which it is cooked is to be destroyed, while if it is cooked in a copper vessel, it is to be cleaned and washed with water.
• Invalidations: Any Chatas which its blood is entered into the Ohel Moed to atone is not to be eaten. It is rather to be burnt in fire.

3. The laws of the Asham offering:

• The following are the laws of the Asham offering: This offering is a holy of holies.
• Where: It is to be slaughtered in the same area as the Olah and its blood is to be sprinkled all around the altar.
• What is offered: All its fat is to be offered, as well as its tail, and the fat covering the intestines. The two kidneys and their fat which are on them are to be offered. The diaphragm which is on the liver is to be removed. It is to be offered by the Kohen onto the altar.
• The eating: It is to be eaten by all the male Kohanim in a holy area.

4. Who keeps the meat and skin of the Karbanos?

• The Chatas and Asham have the same law; it is given to the Kohen who offers it. Likewise, the Kohanim who offer the Olah of an individual get to keep its skin. Likewise, any baked and fried Mincha which is offered by a Kohen, is to be given to that Kohen. Any Mincha offering that is mixed with oil or is dry, belongs to all of Aaron’s sons.

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