24.2 Vayikra – 2 Mandatory Offerings – Instructions to the PRIESTS and the OFFEROR

In this week’s Parsha Pearls lesson, we will study the 2 mandatory (required) offerings: the Sin/Purification (chatat) Offering and the Guilt/Reparation (asham) Offering. First, we will focus on Yahweh’s Torah (teaching and instruction) given to Yisra’el and the priests for the Sin Offering, which was given to make atonement for the ones who sin by mistake against the commands of Yahweh. The Sin Offering is also known as the Purification Offering as it cleanses one of their sin. Then we will examine the Guilt Offering, which was given to make atonement and restitution for the one who is guilty of a trespass against the set-apart matters of Yahweh. The Sin and the Guilt offerings have similarities and also some differences. We are given examples of what constitutes guilt, but none for sin. Some speculate that the guilt offering is a type of sin offering. Because we don’t perform the sacrifices nowadays, it is most important to glean from this lesson simply that Yahweh required them and that Yisra’el obeyed.