Cytowanie Komentarza do Psalmów 59:5

And this is the law of the peace offering which one will bring to the Lord. The phrase which one will bring to the Lord is not stated regarding all offerings, only regarding the peace offerings, which are accepted without sin, because they are closer to the Lord than all the offerings that come for sin. For this reason, it is written subsequently (7:29–30): He who brings his peace offering to the Lord shall bring his offering to the Lord. His hands shall bring the fire offerings of the Lord. In all of these, [the Torah] mentions to the Lord, for in these I desire, says the Lord. And look to the right and see that it does not mention for any offering that the owner should bring the portion for the Almighty with his own hands, except for peace offerings — his hands shall bring it. This is because anyone who has incurred the king’s anger and wants to appease and wipe away his wrath sends the offering ahead of him through a messenger, as Jacob said: I will appease his face with the gift that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face (Genesis 32:20). But one who brings the king a gift as a tribute and honor brings the offering with his own hands and not through a messenger. This is the difference between sin offerings and guilt offerings, which come for sins of action, and the burnt offering, which comes for sinful thoughts, versus the peace offerings. For those offerings that come to remove God’s anger, it is not appropriate that his hands shall bring them, as it would appear as impudence toward Heaven; therefore, he sends them through the priests. But the peace offerings, which are a gift and tribute, his hands shall bring them.

In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered. The commentators said this is to cover for the sinners, so people will say he is offering a burnt offering. This is a weak reason because, in any case, his sin would be revealed when they see that he is not offering it completely [entirely consumed, as] for a burnt offering. Furthermore, the burnt offering is male and the sin offering is female. Now, regarding the burnt offering, some say it comes for the contemplation of sin, and others say the burnt offering is among those sacrifices that run without iniquity (Psalms 59:5). For those who say that the burnt offering has an aspect of sin atonement, the reason is that the heart, which is on the left side, is the cause of all sin, as the heart desires and the implements of action complete it. Therefore, both are slaughtered on the north side [associated with the left], to indicate that a deluded heart has turned him aside (Isaiah 44:20) and from the north the evil will break forth (Jeremiah 1:14). For those who say that the burnt offering only comes as a gift, with their proof from the verse I will come into Your house with burnt offerings (Psalms 66:13), we can say that after the sinner has resolved in his heart to repent and bring a sin offering for atonement, from then on he is acceptable and his sacrifice is pleasing before the Holy One, Blessed be He, as if he had offered a burnt offering, which is the most elevated of all sacrifices.