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אלשיך — במקום אשר תשחט העלה תשחט החטאת לפני ה'

Chazal in Sotah 32b derive from the verse 'במקום אשר תשחט העלה תשחט החטאת' that we daven Shemoneh Esrei silently — 'so as not to embarrass sinners,' since the Torah equates the location of chatat and olah so that bringers of either can't be identified. But the Alshich asks: is the equation only for the sake of embarrassment, or is there something substantive being said?

ידוע, כי עבר אדם על מצות עשה ושב, אינו זז משם עד שמוחלין לו. נמצא, כי בשובו, מחמת התשובה הוא מביא העולה, ]ו[טרם עשות העולה כבר נתכפר, והיא עולה בקדושה וכולה לגבוה. מה שאין כן החטאת, כי באה על אשר פעל ועשה רעה, ועל כן כי לא לרצון לפניו יתברך יהיה, אשר עשה רעה בפועל ושב מרשעו עד עשות בפועל הקרבן... על כן אמר, דע לך, כי במקום אשר תשחט העולה, תשחט החטאת לפני ה', כי אחרי שובו, כאב את בן ירצה אותו ה', וקדש קדשים הוא כעולה.

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אלשיך

Alshekh on Torah, Leviticus 6:13

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Q — Chazal in Sotah 32b derive from the verse 'במקום אשר תשחט העלה תשחט החטאת' that we daven Shemoneh Esrei silently — 'so as not to embarrass sinners,' since the Torah equates the location of chatat and olah so that bringers of either can't be identified. But the Alshich asks: is the equation only for the sake of embarrassment, or is there something substantive being said?

A — There is something substantive about the bringer of the chatat himself. The olah is brought after teshuvah for a positive-commandment violation, where 'אינו זז משם עד שמוחלין לו' — the kapparah has already happened, and the olah is brought in a state of full holiness. The chatat, by contrast, comes for an active wrongdoing where kapparah is only completed by the offering itself. The Torah pairs them in *place* — 'תשחט החטאת לפני ה'' — to declare that once the baal teshuvah brings his chatat, Hashem receives him 'כאב את בן' with the same love as the olah's bringer: 'קדש קדשים הוא כעולה.'

ידוע, כי עבר אדם על מצות עשה ושב, אינו זז משם עד שמוחלין לו. נמצא, כי בשובו, מחמת התשובה הוא מביא העולה, ]ו[טרם עשות העולה כבר נתכפר, והיא עולה בקדושה וכולה לגבוה. מה שאין כן החטאת, כי באה על אשר פעל ועשה רעה, ועל כן כי לא לרצון לפניו יתברך יהיה, אשר עשה רעה בפועל ושב מרשעו עד עשות בפועל הקרבן... על כן אמר, דע לך, כי במקום אשר תשחט העולה, תשחט החטאת לפני ה', כי אחרי שובו, כאב את בן ירצה אותו ה', וקדש קדשים הוא כעולה.

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