1)

Since the Pasuk concludes "al Dam ha'Asham", why does it need to add "al Bohen Yado ha'Yemanis ve'al Bohen Yado ha'Semalis"?

1.

Menachos,9b: One to include the side of the thumb and of the big toe ('Tzedadim'), and one to preclude the base ('Tzid'dei Tzedadim'). 1


1

See Torah Temimah, note 82.

2)

? ? al Dam ha?Asham?. What if the blood is no longer there?

1.

Refer to 14:17:151:1.

3)

If the blood does not need to be there, why does the Torah write ? ? al Dam ha?asham??

1.

Sifra: To teach us that sprinkling the blood must precede sprinkling the oil.

4)

How can the Kohen place the oil on the Mitaher's ear, thumb and big toe on the blood of the Asham - ten days after bringing the Asham (Menachos 15b)? Surely the blood is no longer there?

1.

Targum Yonasan: The Torah means on the same locations as those on which he placed the blood of the Asham earlier. 1

2.

Sifra: We learn from Pasuk 29,where the Torah writes "Al M'kom Dam ha'Asham", that it is not the blood of the Asham, but the location of the blood that is significant.


1

Refer also to 14:28:1:1.

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