Derasha 10 on Vayikra 1:4

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 4 · Unit 10 of 11

The Complete Passuk

וְסָמַ֣ךְ יָד֔וֹ עַ֖ל רֹ֣אשׁ הָעֹלָ֑ה וְנִרְצָ֥ה ל֖וֹ לְכַפֵּ֥ר עָלָֽיו׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Zevachim 4b.

E-Daf.com — Zevachim 4b
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 4b
״וְנִרְצָה לוֹ לְכַפֵּר״ — לוֹ לְכַפֵּר, וְלֹא לַחֲבֵרוֹ לְכַפֵּר.

English: “And it shall be accepted for him to atone” — for him to atone, and not for his fellow to atone (zerikah must be for the sake of the owner).

In the sugya: Kapparah intent tracks the owner. “For him” blocks redirecting the blood service toward another person’s atonement. Zerikah must be leshem the owner of this animal.

Type of Learning

Miyut from “for him” — kapparah intent is the owner’s, not a fellow’s.

What Is Learned

Zerikah (and related kapparah intent) must be for the owner of the offering, not redirected to another. “For him to atone” is a limit on whose atonement the blood service effects.