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Halakhah for Leviticus 4:27

וְאִם־נֶ֧פֶשׁ אַחַ֛ת תֶּחֱטָ֥א בִשְׁגָגָ֖ה מֵעַ֣ם הָאָ֑רֶץ בַּ֠עֲשֹׂתָהּ אַחַ֨ת מִמִּצְוֺ֧ת יְהוָ֛ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־תֵעָשֶׂ֖ינָה וְאָשֵֽׁם׃

And if any one of the common people sin through error, in doing any of the things which the LORD hath commanded not to be done, and be guilty:

Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim

It is good to recite the passage of the Binding (Genesis 22:1-19), the passage of the Manna (Exodus 16:4-36), the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:2-13), and the passages of the burnt-offering (Leviticus 1:1-17), tribute-offering (Leviticus 2:1-13), peace-offering (Leviticus 3:1-17), sin-offering (Vayikra 4:27-35), and guilt-offering. Rem"a: But only in private is it permissible to recite the Ten Commandments each day: it is forbidden to recite them in congregation (Rashb"a Responsum 144).
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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim

It is good to recite the passage of the Binding (Genesis 22:1-19), the passage of the Manna (Exodus 16:4-36), the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:2-13), and the passages of the burnt-offering (Leviticus 1:1-17), tribute-offering (Leviticus 2:1-13), peace-offering (Leviticus 3:1-17), sin-offering (Vayikra 4:27-35), and guilt-offering. Rem"a: But only in private is it permissible to recite the Ten Commandments each day: it is forbidden to recite them in congregation (Rashb"a Responsum 144).
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Sefer HaChinukh

The commandment of a sin-offering for an individual who sinned inadvertently in a commandment for which we are liable excision: That anyone that sins inadvertently from the big well-known sins offer a sin offering, as it is stated (Leviticus 4:27), "And if a soul sin inadvertently from the people of the land, etc." And this is what is called a fixed sin-offering; meaning to say that it is always a sacrifice of a beast and it does not vary up or down according to the wealth or poverty of the one who brings it. And the sins for which they would be liable a sin-offering are always the ones for which we are liable excision for their volitional transgression (Yevamot 9b) - and on condition that it be a negative commandment and that there be an act [involved] with it (Makkot 13b).
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Sefer HaChinukh

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