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<p>There is a difference in halakhah between how a bird is slaughtered when
brought as a <em>qorban chatas </em>and when brought as a <em>qorban
olah</em>.</p>
<p>The Torah says (<a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Leviticus.5.8-10"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Vayiqra 5:8-10</a>) that the
<em>kohein </em>must “וּמָלַ֧ק אֶת־רֹאשׁ֛וֹ —
flick off its head” of the bird offered as a <em>chatas</em>. But there
is no similar instruction for the <em>olah</em>; it is just offered
“כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט – as the usual law”,
<em>shechted</em>. The head is to remain attached.</p>
<p>Why?</p>
<p>The <em>chatas </em>atones for committing a sin, for violating a
prohibition. Thus its name.</p>
<p>An <em>olah</em> atones for inappropriate thoughts.</p>
<p>Perhaps the point is that because a <em>chatas</em> represents letting
one’s thoughts cause sinful action, the atonement requires disconnecting
the bird’s head from its body. </p>
<p>The olah, however, atones for someone letting their thoughts disconnect
from reality. So the <em>kapparah</em> requires keeping the head attached.</p>
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