When it comes to the sacrifice take two birds a live one and a dead one, an aizov, a cedar tree and a red ribbon. The speech is compared to the chirping of the birds. Bad speach can come from gaiva, cedar tree or being in the pits,giving up, an aizov where neither extreme is good. Whichever contributed to it is a sin a red ribbon. So we slaughter one of the birds adding the above to it to kill of the bad speach, dunk the live one into the mixture and let it go on the field being sure tnat now he will protect himself from bad speach. The mixture is placed on his thumb where the five fingers are against the five senses as explained by the Rabbenu Bachaya at the end of Patashas Tzav. The thumb is against the mouth, speach. We place it on the ear lobe to avoid listening to it. We also place it on the big toe not to walk to bad places which encourages bad speach. The right one is in control.
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