Derasha 10 on Vayikra 1:2

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 2 · Unit 10 of 15

The Complete Passuk

דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם אָדָ֗ם כִּֽי־יַקְרִ֥יב מִכֶּ֛ם קָרְבָּ֖ן לַיהֹוָ֑ה מִן־הַבְּהֵמָ֗ה מִן־הַבָּקָר֙ וּמִן־הַצֹּ֔אן תַּקְרִ֖יבוּ אֶת־קָרְבַּנְכֶֽם׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Chullin 5a.

E-Daf.com — Chullin 5a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Chullin 5a
״מִן הַבְּהֵמָה״ — לְהָבִיא בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁדּוֹמִין לִבְהֵמָה; מִכָּאן אָמְרוּ: מְקַבְּלִין קָרְבָּנוֹת מִפּוֹשְׁעֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּדֵי שֶׁיַּחְזְרוּ בָּהֶן בִּתְשׁוּבָה, חוּץ מִן הַמּוּמָר…

English: “From the animal” — to include people who resemble an animal; from here they said: we accept offerings from Jewish sinners so that they return in teshuvah, except for the mumar…

In the sugya: After mikem excluded the hard mumar, min ha-behemah is read as a surprising ribbuy: even those whose conduct is “animal-like” may still bring a korban — so that the altar remains a path back. The exception for the mumar is kept; ordinary posh’ei Yisrael are drawn in for the sake of teshuvah.

Type of Learning

Ribbuy from min ha-behemah — accept offerings from Jewish sinners to encourage return; mumar remains outside.

What Is Learned

We accept korbanos from ordinary Jewish sinners so that the act may pull them toward teshuvah. That openness is not unlimited: the mumar category excluded elsewhere stays excluded. The verse’s “from the animal” is the textual hook for welcoming the imperfect offerer without dissolving every boundary.