Derasha 15 on Vayikra 1:2

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 2 · Unit 15 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 Toras Kohanim (Sifra), Vayikra Dibbura DeNedavah, Chapter 3 (korbanchem — nedavas tzibbur).

Sefaria — Sifra / Toras Kohanim, Dibbura DeNedavah, Chapter 3

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Toras Kohanim (Sifra), Dibbura DeNedavah, Chapter 3
״קָרְבַּנְכֶם״ — מְלַמֵּד שֶׁהִיא בָּאָה נִדְבַת צִבּוּר.

English: “Your offering” — this teaches that it may come as a communal voluntary offering.

In Sifra: Korbanchem (your offering, plural possessive) expands beyond the single private donor. The community as a body may bring a nedavah of this type — not only individuals and not only pairs of partners.

Type of Learning

Ribbuy from “your” (plural) offering — nedavas tzibbur is included.

What Is Learned

The community as well as the individual may bring a nedavah of this type. Together with the prior unit on partners, Sifra maps three scales of voluntary offering: one person, two partners, and the tzibbur — all under the language of this verse.