Tzav

When the Torah proceeds to teach us about the חטאת, the sin offering, it says במקום אשר תשחט העלה תשחט החטאת, in the place where the elevation offering is slaughtered shall the sin offering be slaughtered.

Rabbeinu Bechaya explains that the reason the Torah specifies that the חטאת is brought in the same place as the עולה is because the עולה is brought for just the thought of sinning without actually doing anything, whereas the חטאת is brought for actual sin. In order for a person who sinned not to be embarrassed, we have them both bring their offering in the same place so no one will know if it's just for the thought or for the actual sin.

Why is it so important not to embarrass someone who sinned? Wouldn't the embarrassment help them to mend their ways?

One of the stanzas we read in the haggada is ברוך המקום ברוך הוא which the haggada says goes on the four sons. One of the sons, the rasha says מה העבדה הזאת, what is this that you're doing? We answer him this is the korban pesach that we are bringing because Hashem passed over our houses & saved us while He destroyed Egypt.

The posuk continues, and the people bowed.
Rashi says they bowed because of the good news, for being that the Torah says their children will ask, there's a guarantee that they would have children. Asks Reb Tzuddok, what's the great news? This is the question of the rasha. Is it great news that they will have children that will be reshaim?
He answers that what the posuk was guaranteeing them was that no one would be lost from Klal Yisral. All their children, even the ones who are reshaim will never be permanently lost and that's what they were happy about.

How do we ensure that no one will be permanently lost?
There's a story told in the book Reb Moshe about a family who lived in a small town in Pennsylvania with no Jewish schools. All they had was an after school Talmud Torah. The parents tried raising their three boys as orthodox Jews, but in that climate with almost no other Jews around it was very difficult. At thirteen, the oldest could read the siddur but not much else, & his younger brothers knew even less.

One day a collector was in their town & the parents of these boys were talking to him about the future of their children. They were concerned that it would be very difficult for them to stay religious in their current situation. The collector said why don't you come back to New York with me & try to put the boys in a yeshiva there.?
They came to New York & the collector arranges an interview for them with the principal of the yeshiva. The principal tests them & sadly tells the father that the boys are too behind to be accepted into the yeshiva.
Dejected they prepare to head home when the collector tells them let's give it one more shot. They take a train to MTJ, & as they walk in the building Reb Moshe was walking down the stairs. He greeted them, and the father explained why they came. Without a moments hesitation Reb Moshe said go register them. Astounded the father said register them?! You didn't even test them!

Answered Reb Moshe, they came to learn; first register them then we'll see what class to put them in. All three stayed in the yeshiva through beis medrash raising families that were bnei torah, all because Reb Moshe gave them a chance, not embarrassing kids who obviously were not up to par. Rather he showed them love & kindness, taking them in without question.
Although this story isn't about sinners we can learn from it how to treat all people from those that are just not at our level to those that are outright sinners. By not embarrassing them, by showing compassion and love to all no matter who they are or what their level is, we show them that we care & when people see that you care they will want to mend their ways ensuring that no one will ever be completely lost from Klal Yisroel!