English: The sons of Israel perform semicha, and the daughters of Israel do not perform semicha.
In the sugya: The phrase “Bnei Yisrael” in the sacrificial context is read as a miyut. Semicha — leaning with both hands on the head of the animal before shechitah — is an obligation tied to that address. Women are not bound in the same way; the Gemara’s formulation is about the chovah of semicha, not a ban on voluntary leaning where otherwise appropriate.
Type of Learning
Miyut from “Bnei Yisrael” — sons, not daughters, are the obligated subjects of semicha.
What Is Learned
Semicha on a korban is required of men. Women are not obligated in that semicha. The verse’s address to “Bnei Yisrael” is the textual hinge: it selects the obligated class. This is the classic source pairing this passuk with the scope of semicha by gender.