Derasha 3 on Metzora 14:13

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 14:13

The Complete Passuk

וְשָׁחַ֣ט אֶת־הַכֶּ֗בֶשׂ בִּ֠מְק֠וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשְׁחַ֧ט אֶת־הַֽחַטָּ֛את וְאֶת־הָעֹלָ֖ה בִּמְק֣וֹם הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ כִּ֡י כַּ֠חַטָּ֠את הָאָשָׁ֥ם הוּא֙ לַכֹּהֵ֔ן קֹ֥דֶשׁ קׇֽדָשִׁ֖ים הֽוּא׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Toras Kohanim.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כַּחַטָּאת הָאָשָׁם — הֻקַּשׁ לְחַטָּאת, מַה חַטָּאת דַּם מִזְבֵּחַ מַתִּירָהּ אַף אָשָׁם דַּם מִזְבֵּחַ מַתִּירוֹ.

English: “Like the chatas is the asham” — it is compared to the chatas: just as the blood of the altar permits the chatas, so the blood of the altar permits the asham.

Type of Learning

Heqesh

What Is Learned

Chazal teach that the blood of the metzora’s asham, once placed on the altar, permits the offering in the same manner as a chatas.