Sin Offering

If you hurt someone’s feelings as a result of a mere slip of the tongue, presumably there is nothing to be sorry for. Presumably it “meant nothing.” Unless, of course, unconscious gestures are even more meaningful than conscious ones.

Study the daily lesson of Sefer HaMitzvos for day 159 with Rabbi Mendel Kaplan, where he teaches the mitzvah in-depth with added insight and detail.

Talmudic style analysis of Rambam’s rulings on when a rich man vows to bring a poor man’s offering or vice versa. In resolving what appears as conflicting rulings in two sections of Rambam, we see how one’s monetary commitment to atone for another, enrich...