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| − | <p>While the Chatat is first and foremost a purification offering | + | <p>While the Chatat is first and foremost a purification offering, the Asham is a reparation offering.</p> |
| + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannVayikra5-17" data-aht="source">R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannVayikra5-17" data-aht="source">Vayikra 5:17</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink>, modern scholars</mekorot> | ||
<point><b>Meaning of חטאת</b></point> | <point><b>Meaning of חטאת</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Chatat: common denominator</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Where the chatat is brought and blood sprinkled</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Meaning of Asham</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Asham: common denominator</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Animals brought?</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>"בְּעֶרְכְּךָ"</b></point> | ||
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<category name="Severity of Sin"> | <category name="Severity of Sin"> | ||
Version as of 13:53, 15 March 2020
What Distinguishes the Chatat and Asham?
Exegetical Approaches
Function of the Offering
While the Chatat is first and foremost a purification offering, the Asham is a reparation offering.
Sources:R. David Zvi Hoffmann, modern scholars
Meaning of חטאת
Chatat: common denominator
Where the chatat is brought and blood sprinkled
Meaning of Asham
Asham: common denominator
Animals brought?
"בְּעֶרְכְּךָ"
Severity of Sin
While both the Chatat and Asham serve an atoning role, they do so for different types of sins.
Asham More Severe
The more severe offenses necessitate an Asham offering rather than a Chatat.
Asham Less Severe
Less severe sins are expiated with an Asham rather than a Chatat.
