Parashiyot Vayikra and Tzav present a detailed catalogue of nearly all the sacrifices that are not tied to the calendar. A significant number of these offerings function as atonement for various infractions and sins. In Parashat Tzav, after outlining the procedures for the sin and guilt offerings, the Torah turns to the zevaḥ shelamim, the “well-being offering.”

The introduction to this sacrifice is subtly different, marked by an additional phrase that does not appear in the sections devoted to the sin and guilt offerings:

“This is the ritual of the sacrifice of well-being that one may offer to the Lord” (Leviticus........

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