Why does the Torah write "Vechiltzu es ha'Avanim" - in the plural?
Sifra: To teach us that if the owner of the stricken stones shares a wall with a neighbor, whose side of the wall is not stricken, they must both remove the bricks, scrape and replace them. 1
Sifra: We learn from here the principle ''Oy le'Rasha,Oy li'Shecheino!' (Woe to the Rasha, woe to his neighbor!)'
Why does the Torah see fit to insert both "es ha'Avanim" and "asher bahen ha'Nega"?
Sifra: To teach us that, on the one hand, the owner is obligated to remove all the stricken stones
What is the significance of taking the stones to a "Tamei location"?
Rashi: They must throw the bricks outside the town in one (specific
Why does the Torah write "Vehishlichu Es'hen" rather than "Vehishlichun"?
Sifra: To distinguish between "el Michutz la'Ir" of a Bayis ha'Menuga, implying any town in Eretz Yisrael and "mi'Chutz la'Machneh Moshavo" of a Metzora, which implies that he is only obligated to leave a walled town. 1
See Torah Temimah, note 147. See also Oznayim la'Torah as to the reason for the distinction.
