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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 5:7/אבן עזרא על ויקרא ה׳:ז׳
אואם לא תגיע ידו. כי היד היא העושה מלאכה והיא הקונה רמז למי שאין לו:
1AND IF HIS MEANS21 (literally, his hand). SUFFICE NOT.22 For all manner of work is done by the hand. It is the means by which one acquires. The clause23. alludes to one who does not have the means.24 means: And if his means do not suffice.
באחד לחטאת ואחד לעולה. ויאמר רב יצחק כי טעם אחד עולה בעבור שלא תגיע ידו אולי עלה על רוחו מחשבה והקרוב אלי שהאחד כנגד האמורים והשני חטאת כמשפט:
2ONE FOR A SIN-OFFERING, AND THE OTHER FOR A BURNT-OFFERING. Rabbi Isaac25 says the reason that one bird is brought for a burnt offering is that an unseemly thought may have entered his mind because his means do not suffice.26, a burnt offering, is offered in atonement for improper thoughts. See I.E. on Lev. 1:4. However, I believe that the bird brought as an offering corresponds to the organs of the sacrifice offered on the altar.27 The second bird is a sin offering, as the law requires.28