Derasha 7 on Vayikra 1:5
Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 5 · Unit 7 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 Chullin 30b.
E-Daf.com — Chullin 30b
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text — Chullin 30b
תָּנָא דְּבֵי רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל: אֵין ״וְשָׁחַט״ אֶלָּא וּמָשַׁךְ.
English: A baraisa of the school of Rabbi Yishmael: “And he shall slaughter” means nothing other than “and he shall draw [the knife across].”
In the sugya: Shechitah is a drawing motion, not a chop or a hack. The lexical sense of the verb is continuous pull of the knife across the simanim.
Type of Learning
Lexical sense of shechitah as drawing — continuous knife motion, not chopping.
What Is Learned
Shechitah is a continuous drawing motion of the knife, not chopping. Rabbi Yishmael’s school reads the verb itself as “and he shall draw.”