Derasha 57 on Vayikra 12:8

TT #57 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 8

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וְאִם־לֹ֨א תִמְצָ֣א יָדָהּ֮ דֵּ֣י שֶׂה֒ וְלָקְחָ֣ה שְׁתֵּֽי־תֹרִ֗ים א֤וֹ שְׁנֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יוֹנָ֔ה אֶחָ֥ד לְעֹלָ֖ה וְאֶחָ֣ד לְחַטָּ֑את וְכִפֶּ֥ר עָלֶ֛יהָ הַכֹּהֵ֖ן וְטָהֵֽרָה׃ {פ}

English: If, however, her means do not suffice for a sheep, she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a purgation offering. The priest shall make expiation on her behalf, and she shall be pure.

Chabad.org — Chumash, English translation + Rashi for Vayikra 12:8

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Zevachim 90a for the significance of the order in which the two offerings are named.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 90a
אָמַר רָבָא: לְמִקְרָאָהּ הִקְדִּימָהּ הַכָּתוּב.

English: “One for a burnt offering and one for a sin offering” — Rava said: according to the wording, Scripture placed the burnt offering first.

Type of Learning

Textual order

What Is Learned

The verse’s sequence is the point of the derashah: it names the burnt offering before the sin offering. The claim here is about scriptural order, not that the two offerings are interchangeable.