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“And if his means suffice not” (Leviticus 5:7), and it is stated: “And if his means not suffice” (Leviticus 5:11), indicating that the sliding-scale offering applies only to one who can come to a state of poverty and wealth. This serves to exclude a king and an anointed priest, who cannot come to a
The king cannot become poor, as it is written concerning him: “And he performed one of all the mitzvot of YHWH his God” (Leviticus 4:22), referring to the king as one who has only YHWH his God upon him. He is greater than the entire nation and is not a poor person dependent on others. An anointed p
Ravina raised a dilemma before Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak: In the case of a king who was afflicted with tzara'at and unfit to serve as king during his affliction, what is his status with regard to the sliding-scale offering? Previously, during his reign, was he completely eliminated from the obligation
§ It is taught in a baraita that R' Akiva says: An anointed priest is exempt from bringing an offering in all the cases where one is liable to bring a sliding-scale offering. Rava said: What is the reason for the opinion of R' Akiva? It is as the verse states: “This is the offering of Aaron and of
The Talmud asks: But why not say that when God excludes an anointed priest, it is particularly from the type of sliding-scale offering brought due to extreme poverty? And what is it? The 1/10th of an ephah meal-offering mentioned in the verse. But God did not exclude him from the dove brought as a