Commentary for Zevachim 180:5

בחד מינא מיהא לא קאמרינן דחטאת קדמה כי קאמרינן בתרי מיני אשכחן עולה דקדמה לחטאת

We speak of two kinds,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is what the above-stated principle sets out to establish, that a bird sin-offering takes precedence over an animal burnt-offering. ,yjk ,tyjk');">⁶</span> and yet here we find a burnt-offering preceding a sin-offering? - In the West [Palestine] they said in Raba B'Mari's name: The sin-offering of idolatry lacks an alef, as le-hattath is written.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Heb. instead of Num. XV, 24. This teaches that it is an exception and does not precede the burnt-offering.');">⁷</span>

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