## Rashbam on Leviticus Chapter 4

###### Rashbam on Leviticus 4:2:1
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אשר לא תעשינה - בכל חייבי כריתות שהם בלא תעשה פירשו חכמים בכריתות ובהוריות חוץ מפסח ומילה שהם מצות עשה.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
אשר לא תעשינה, all the negative commandments violation of which carries the karet penalty when the violation was deliberate. There are only two positive commandments for which there is a karet penalty, where for the mere deliberate omission of performing the commandment the penalty is equal to corresponding negative commandments. They are Pessach, failing to bring or participate in eating of that offering at the right time, and failure to circumcise oneself if this rite has not been performed on one as a baby.


###### Rashbam on Leviticus 4:2:2
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מאחת מהנה - פירשו חכמים: מקצת של אחת מהנה, כגון שם משמעון.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
מאחת מהנה, our sages in Torat Kohanim under the heading of חובה, consider this to mean “part of a whole,” as for instance the letters שם of the name שמעון, i.e. if one intended to write the name שמעון but was interrupted after having written the first two letters, seeing that they make sense one is liable for having performed the whole אב מלאכה of “writing.”


###### Rashbam on Leviticus 4:3:1
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לאשמת העם - חכמים דרשו: הרי משיח כציבור בהוריות. אך לפי הפשט: משמע לפי שבכהנים נאמר: יורו משפטיך ליעקב ותורתך לישראל - וכל שכן כהן גדול שהוא מומחה לרבים. אם כהן משיח יחטא, בהוראתו גם להחטיא את העם עמו, והקריב על חטאתו וגו'.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
לאשמת העם, our sages in Horiyot 7 state that these words are restrictive and mean that in this instance the High Priest’s error is treated in the same way as the public’s error, i.e. that he had first ruled (in error) that something was permitted, and had then acted in accordance with his ruling. However, if we were to go by the plain meaning of the text, the message is that if the priests who are charged with teaching the Torah to the people are liable for mistakes they make handing down rulings, then the High Priest who is regarded as the expert for everyone, and whose faulty ruling causes the entire people to commit a sin, is most certainly held to account for his error. As a result, 'והקריב על חטאתו וגו, he will have to bring an offering for his sin.


###### Rashbam on Leviticus 4:12:1
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אל שפך הדשן - דכתיב בצו את אהרן.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
אל שפך הדשן, seeing that the Torah writes in Leviticus 6,4,והוציא את הדשן אל מחוץ למחנה “he shall take the ashes outside the encampment,” the Torah here had to tell us where the ash was stored.


###### Rashbam on Leviticus 4:17:1
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את פני פרכת - לפי הפשט: את פני פרוכת הקודש, פרכת המבדיל בין הקדש ובין קדשי הקדשים, ומה שפירש שם פרכת הקדש, משמע שיהיו ההזאות כנגד אמצעית הפרוכת מבחוץ שכנגד ארון הקודש שמבפנים.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
את פני הפרכת, according to the plain meaning of the text the פרכת the Torah speaks of here is the dividing curtain between the sanctuary and the Holy of Holies. If, in verse 6, this dividing curtain was called פרכת הקודש, this may mean that the sprinkling of the blood had to be aimed at the middle of the curtain, i.e. at the area beyond which stood the Holy Ark, inside the Holy of Holies.


###### Rashbam on Leviticus 4:22:1
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אשר נשיא יחטא - כמו: ואשר נתן כתר מלכות בראשו. כמו: וכתר מלכות אשר נתן בראשו.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
אשר נשיא יחטא, the word אשר in this verse is similar to the word ואשר in the line ואשר ניתן כתר מלכות בראשו, which means וכתר מלכות אשר נתן בראשו, and the crown of the Kingdom which he had placed on his head. (Esther 6,8)


###### Rashbam on Leviticus 4:22:2
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מצות ה' אלהיו - כלומר, אם ירא שמים הוא ולא במזיד אלא בשוגג.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
מצוות ה' אלוקיו, i.e. if he is a G’d fearing individual and has not sinned deliberately but inadvertently.


###### Rashbam on Leviticus 4:23:1
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או הודע - כמו אם הודע. כך רגילין לפרש. ואני אומר: או הודע על ידי אחרים.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
או הודע, as if the Torah had written: אם הודע “if he became aware.” This is the conventional exegesis of these words. Personally, I feel that the line commences with the word ואשם from the last verse, so that the meaning would be that the individual committed an offense and it was brought to his attention by others.


###### Rashbam on Leviticus 4:25:1
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מזבח העולה - החיצון ולא הפנימית כמשיח וציבור.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
מזבח העולה , the altar outside the sanctuary. This blood was not to be smeared on the interior altar as was the blood of the sin offering of the High Priest, or that of the sin-offering on behalf of the community at large. (verse 16-17).


###### Rashbam on Leviticus 4:35:1
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כאשר יוסר חלב הכשב - חלבו האליה תמימה לעומת העצה.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
כאשר יוסר חלב הכשב, the fatty part fo the sheep’s tail, opposite the rump, עצה.