Derasha 11 on Vayikra 1:5

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 5 · Unit 11 of 16

The Complete Passuk

וְשָׁחַ֛ט אֶת־בֶּ֥ן הַבָּקָ֖ר לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה וְהִקְרִ֨יבוּ בְּנֵ֤י אַהֲרֹן֙ הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים אֶת־הַדָּ֕ם וְזָרְק֨וּ אֶת־הַדָּ֤ם עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ סָבִ֔יב אֲשֶׁר־פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Kiddushin 36a.

E-Daf.com — Kiddushin 36a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Kiddushin 36a
״וְהִקְרִיבוּ בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן״ — בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן וְלֹא בְּנוֹת אַהֲרֹן; מִכָּאן שֶׁהַקַּבָּלוֹת נוֹהֲגוֹת בָּאֲנָשִׁים וְלֹא בַּנָּשִׁים.

English: “And the sons of Aharon shall bring near” — the sons of Aharon and not the daughters of Aharon; from here, receiving the blood applies to men and not to women.

In the sugya: Parallel to semicha’s “Bnei Yisrael,” “Bnei Aharon” selects male Kohanim for kabbalah. Daughters of Aharon are outside this formal receiving of the blood.

Type of Learning

Miyut from “Bnei Aharon” — kabbalah is male-Kohen avodah.

What Is Learned

Kabbalah of the blood is a male-Kohen avodah; women are excluded from this formal receiving. “Sons of Aharon” is the textual hinge for that limit.