Derasha 14 on Vayikra 1:5

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 5 · Unit 14 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 Toras Kohanim (Sifra), Vayikra Dibbura DeNedavah, on 1:5 (es ha-dam — mixture).

Sefaria — Sifra / Toras Kohanim, Vayikra Dibbura DeNedavah

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Toras Kohanim (Sifra), Dibbura DeNedavah on 1:5
״אֶת הַדָּם… אֶת הַדָּם״ — מַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר דָּם דָּם? לְרַבּוֹת שֶׁאִם נִתְעָרֵב בְּמִינוֹ שֶׁקָּרֵב.

English: Why does the verse repeat “the blood… the blood”? To include a case where it became mixed with its own kind, that it may still be offered.

In Sifra: Doubled dam is a ribbuy. Mixture with like blood does not automatically disqualify; the inclusive wording keeps such blood eligible for zerikah.

Type of Learning

Ribbuy from doubled wording — mixture with its own kind remains eligible.

What Is Learned

Blood of the olah mixed with like blood remains eligible for zerikah under the verse’s inclusive wording. The doubled “the blood… the blood” is what carries that inclusion.