Derasha 3 on Vayikra 1:2

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 2 · Unit 3 of 15

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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, on 1:2 (ve’amarta aleihem).

Sefaria — Sifra / Toras Kohanim, Vayikra Dibbura DeNedavah

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Toras Kohanim (Sifra), Dibbura DeNedavah on 1:2
״וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם״ — לְרַבּוֹת כָּל הָאָמוּר בָּעִנְיָן: כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאֵין הַנָּשִׁים סוֹמְכוֹת עַל הָעוֹלוֹת כָּךְ לֹא יִסְמְכוּ עַל הַשְּׁלָמִים.

English: “And you shall say to them” — to include everything said in the matter: just as women do not lean on olah offerings, so they do not lean on shelamim.

In Sifra: Ve’amarta aleihem is treated as a ribbuy that carries the semicha rule across the offering types discussed in this section. The point is uniformity of the subject-rule: the same people who are outside obligatory semicha on olah are outside it on shelamim as well.

Type of Learning

Ribbuy of the whole topic via ve’amarta aleihem — one address, one subject-rule across korban types.

What Is Learned

The exclusion of women from obligatory semicha is not limited to olah. Sifra extends it across the matter — including shelamim — because “and you shall say to them” gathers the whole unit under one speaking. The derasha prevents splitting the chapter into different subject-rules per korban type without a further verse.