Why does the Torah here write "Al Chataso asher Chata" whereas by Ashirus (in Pasuk 6) and by Dalus (in Pasuk 10) it writes "me'Chataso"?
Refer to 5:6:3:1.
What are the connotations of "me'Achas me'Eileh? What is it coming to teach us?
Rashi: It teaches us that the Korban he must bring depends upon which Korban he can afford - irrespective of whether he transgressed one of severe, light or very light 1 kinds of atonement listed here. 2
Rashbam: It means that the Korban comes to atone for one of the three sins mentioned earlier - "ve'Sham'ah Kol Alah", 'Shevu'as Bituy' and 'Tum'as Mikdash ve'Kodashav'.
Sifsei Chachamim: 1. Kisbah or Se'iraah, 2. Torim or B'nei Yonah and 3. Se'iris ha'Eifah.
Mizrachi: Tum'as Mikdash ve'Kadashav is severe, because it is subject to Kareis (by Mezid). Shevu'as ha'Edus is light ? since it has no Kareis, though the Korban is even for Meizid; whereas. Shevu'as Bituy, which is neither subject to Kareis nor does it apply to Meizid, is very light.
What is the Torah coming to teach us when it writes "ve'Haysah la'Kohen ka'Minchah"?
Rashi #1: It teaches us that the leftovers of the Minchas Chotei are eaten by the Kohanim. 1
Rashi #2 (citing Menachos, 76b): It teaches us that, if the sinner is a Kohen, his Minchah is completely burned on the Mizbe'ach and none of it is eaten. 2
Menachos, 73b: It teaches us, like a Minchas Nedavah, if the owner is a Kohen, he is permitted to offer it on the Mizbe'ach.
QUESTIONS ON RASHI
Rashi writes that one might have thought that for light sins he brings flour and for severe sins an animal. But the Torah states "if he cannot afford"!
Bartenura: Because we might have thought that for light sins he always brings flour, and for severe sins, if he can afford it, an animal?
Rashi writes that the change from "me'Chataso" to "Al Chataso" that if one set aside money for his Korban, and his wealth changed, he may use the money towards the new Korban that is now proper for him. In that case, how can the Gemara in Menachos 101b extrapolate from it that the Minchah may be redeemed even when it is Tahor?
Moshav Zekenim (4:35): We learn from "me'Chataso" written by an Ashir and a Dal, that one may switch from an animal to a bird, and the same applies from a bird and a Minchah, or vice-versa. "Al Chataso" teaches that the Minchah may be redeemed even when it is Tahor. 1
Moshav Zekenim: Why do we need "me'Chataso" written by an Ashir? If one may switch from a bird to a Minchah, even though it is not alive, all the more so may one switch from a bird to an animal! There is a reason why we cannot learn one from another, which the Gemara did not reveal.
