Derasha 1 on Vayikra 1:6

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 6 · Unit 1 of 5

The Complete Passuk

וְהִפְשִׁ֖יט אֶת־הָעֹלָ֑ה וְנִתַּ֥ח אֹתָ֖הּ לִנְתָחֶֽיהָ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Toras Kohanim (Sifra), Vayikra Dibbura DeNedavah, Chapter 5 (vehifshit — strip whole then cut).

Sefaria — Sifra / Toras Kohanim, Dibbura DeNedavah, Chapter 5

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Toras Kohanim (Sifra), Dibbura DeNedavah, Chapter 5
״וְהִפְשִׁיט וְנִתַּח״ — יָכוֹל יְהֵא מַפְשִׁיט אֵבֶר אֵבֶר וּמְנַתֵּחַ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״הָעֹלָה״ — מַפְשִׁיט כּוּלָּהּ וְאַחַר כָּךְ מְנַתְּחָהּ.

English: “And he shall strip and cut” — might one strip limb by limb while cutting? The verse says “the olah” — he strips it whole and only afterward cuts it into pieces.

In Sifra: Order matters. Piecemeal stripping while cutting would treat the animal as already disassembled. “The olah” as a whole requires full hafshatah first, then nituach.

Type of Learning

Miyut from “the olah” against piecemeal stripping — whole hide first, then pieces.

What Is Learned

Hafshatah of the olah is of the whole animal first; nituach follows only after the hide is fully removed. Limb-by-limb stripping while cutting is not the form of this verse.