Noach 8:20 · unit 1

TT #38 · Parashas Noach · Third Aliyah · Passuk 8:20

The Complete Passuk

וַיִּ֥בֶן נֹ֛חַ מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לַֽיהֹוָ֑ה וַיִּקַּ֞ח מִכֹּ֣ל הַבְּהֵמָ֣ה הַטְּהֹרָ֗ה וּמִכֹּל֙ הָע֣וֹף הַטָּה֔וֹר וַיַּ֥עַל עֹלֹ֖ת בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

Then Noach built an altar to Hashem and, taking of every pure animal and of every pure bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Chabad.org — 8:20

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Zevachim 108b (shechutei chutz require an altar top).

Sefaria — Zevachim 108b

E-Daf image — Zevachim 108b (size=3)

Shas / HebrewBooks PDF of the daf

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וַיִּבֶן נֹחַ מִזְבֵּחַ — שְׁחוּטֵי חוּץ אֵין חַיָּבִין עֲלֵיהֶם עַד שֶׁיַּעֲלוּם לְרֹאשׁ מִזְבֵּחַ, דִּכְתִיב ״וַיִּבֶן נֹחַ מִזְבֵּחַ וַיַּעַל עֹלוֹת בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ״.

English: “And Noach built an altar” — One is not liable for offerings slaughtered outside until they are brought up onto the top of an altar, as it is written “and Noach built an altar… and offered burnt offerings on the altar.”

On the daf / in context: Even a private altar requires that the offering be placed on its top for the prohibition of shechutei chutz to take effect.

Type of Learning

Custom (halakhic derivation for the parameters of shechutei chutz).

What Is Learned

Liability for offerings slaughtered outside requires that they be brought onto the top of an altar.