Derasha 2 — Metzora 14:21

וְאִם־דַּ֣ל ה֗וּא וְאֵ֣ין יָדוֹ֮ מַשֶּׂ֒גֶת֒ וְ֠לָקַ֠ח כֶּ֣בֶשׂ אֶחָ֥ד אָשָׁ֛ם לִתְנוּפָ֖ה לְכַפֵּ֣ר עָלָ֑יו וְעִשָּׂר֨וֹן סֹ֜לֶת אֶחָ֨ד בָּל֥וּל בַּשֶּׁ֛מֶן לְמִנְחָ֖ה וְלֹ֥ג שָֽׁמֶן׃

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וְאִם דַּל הוּא — הֲרֵי שֶׁאָמַר אֶחָד קָרְבָּנוֹ שֶׁל מְצֹרָע זֶה עָלַי, הָיָה מְצֹרָע עָשִׁיר וְנוֹדֵר עָנִי מֵבִיא קָרְבַּן עָשִׁיר, מַאי טַעְמָא? וְאִם דַּל הוּא כְּתִיב.

English: “And if he is poor” — if someone said “the offering of this metzora is upon me,” and the metzora was rich but the one who vowed is poor, he still brings the rich man’s offering. Why? Because it is written “and if he is poor.”

What Is Learned

Chazal teach that when the metzora himself is rich, the offering must be the rich man’s offering even if a poor person undertakes it.

Derasha 2 on Metzora 14:21

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