Keritot 9A

יכול שאני מרבה אפילו מנחה? תלמוד לומר: ״כן״.

The baraita continues: One might have thought that I include as an option even a meal offering, which would not be entirely consumed on the altar. Therefore, the verse states: “So he should do,” to exclude a meal offering.

תניא אידך: ״ועשה אשה ריח ניחוח לה׳״, שומע אני כל שעולה לאשים, אפילו מנחה? תלמוד לומר: ״כאשר תעשו כן יעשה״⁠ – מה אתם מיני דמים, אף הם מיני דמים.

It is taught in another baraita: The verse states: “And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whoever may be among you, throughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a pleasing aroma to YHWH, as you do, so he should do” (Numbers 15:14).From this verse I would derive that he fulfills his obligation with any offering that is brought on the fire of the altar, even a meal offering. Therefore, to negate that interpretation, the verse states: “As you do, so he should do,” which teaches that just as you entered the covenant with types of offerings whose blood is sprinkled on the altar, so too must they, converts, bring types of offerings whose blood is sprinkled on the altar.

אי מה אתם עולה ושלמים, אף הם עולה ושלמים! תלמוד לומר: ״ככם כגר יהיה״⁠ – לכם הקשתיו, ולא לדבר אחר, לקרבנותיכם.

The baraita continues: If so, why not derive similarly: Just as you entered the covenant with a burnt offering and a peace offering, so too, they must enter the covenant with a burnt offering and a peace offering? How is it derived that a convert may fulfill his obligation with a single burnt offering from an animal? The baraita answers that the verse states: “As you are, so should the stranger be before YHWH” (Numbers 15:15). This serves to emphasize: I compared him to you in order to derive that just like you, he too must bring types of offerings whose blood is sprinkled on the altar, but I did not extend this comparison to another matter, i.e., to insist that his offerings must be identical to all of your offerings.