Derasha 4 on Vayikra 1:3

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 3 · Unit 4 of 9

The Complete Passuk

אִם־עֹלָ֤ה קָרְבָּנוֹ֙ מִן־הַבָּקָ֔ר זָכָ֥ר תָּמִ֖ים יַקְרִיבֶ֑נּוּ אֶל־פֶּ֜תַח אֹ֤הֶל מוֹעֵד֙ יַקְרִ֣יב אֹת֔וֹ לִרְצֹנ֖וֹ לִפְנֵ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Menachos 5b.

E-Daf.com — Menachos 5b
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Menachos 5b
״מִן הַבָּקָר״ — לְהוֹצִיא אֶת הַטְּרֵפָה.

English: “From the herd” — to exclude a terefah.

In the sugya: “From the herd” is not only a species label; it is read as a quality filter. A terefah — an animal with a mortal defect — is outside the bakar that this verse accepts for olah, even if the animal is still of the cattle class.

Type of Learning

Miyut from “from the herd” — terefah is excluded.

What Is Learned

A terefah animal is excluded from being brought as this olah. The phrase min ha-bakar supplies that limit: the animal must be sound herd stock, not a terefah.