Shelach 15:5 · unit 1 — metzora offerings

Parashas Shelach · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 5

The Complete Passuk

וְיַ֤יִן לַנֶּ֙סֶךְ֙ רְבִיעִ֣ית הַהִ֔ין תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה עַל־הָעֹלָ֖ה א֣וֹ לַזָּ֑בַח לַכֶּ֖בֶשׂ הָאֶחָֽד׃

And wine for the libation, a quarter of a hin, you shall prepare with the burnt offering or for the sacrifice, for the one lamb.

Chabad.org — 15:5

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: chatas and asham of a metzora require nesachim.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
עַל הָעֹלָה — זוֹ עוֹלַת מְצוֹרָע; לַזֶּבַח — זוֹ חַטַּאת מְצוֹרָע; אוֹ לַזֶּבַח — זוֹ אֲשַׁם מְצוֹרָע. מִכָּאן לְחַטָּאת וְאָשָׁם שֶׁל מְצוֹרָע שֶׁטְּעוּנִים נְסָכִים.

English: “With the burnt offering” — this is the olah of a metzora; “for the sacrifice” — this is the chatas of a metzora; “or for the sacrifice” — this is the asham of a metzora. From here: the chatas and asham of a metzora require nesachim.

Type of Learning

Exception for metzora’s chatas and asham.

What Is Learned

Unlike ordinary chatas and asham, the metzora’s require wine libations.