EXTRA 2 on Metzora 14:22–27

Side-ring EXTRA · Means-based substitution

Source

The Torah’s own “which his means allow” (אשר תשיג ידו) parallel to other graded offerings; classical treatment in Toras Kohanim / Sifra on graded offerings.

Core Text

Core Text
אֲשֶׁר תַּשִּׂיג יָדוֹ — לְפִי כֹּחוֹ הוּא מֵבִיא: עָשִׁיר בִּבְהֵמָה, דַּל בְּעוֹפוֹת.

English: “Which his means allow” — according to his capacity he brings: the wealthy with livestock, the poor with birds.

Type of Learning

Graded offering

What Is Learned

The Torah scales the purification offering to means so that poverty never blocks purification, while the asham and oil rite remain the same for rich and poor.