Derasha 4 on Vayikra 1:2

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 2 · Unit 4 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 Yerushalmi Shekalim 1:4.

Sefaria — Yerushalmi Shekalim 1:4

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Yerushalmi Shekalim 1:4
״אָדָם״ — לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הַגֵּרִים.

English: “A person” (adam) — to include converts.

In the Yerushalmi: After “Bnei Yisrael” has done exclusionary work, adam does inclusionary work. The convert is a full “person” for bringing a nedavah under this chapter. The two terms are complementary: national address on one side, human personhood that includes the ger on the other.

Type of Learning

Ribbuy from adam — converts are included among those who may offer.

What Is Learned

A convert may bring a voluntary offering under this chapter. The word adam is the ribbuy that brings the ger inside the circle of offerers, so that “Bnei Yisrael” is not read as excluding those who joined Israel through conversion.