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)

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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