Derasha 3 on Vayikra 1:6

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 6 · Unit 3 of 5

The Complete Passuk

וְהִפְשִׁ֖יט אֶת־הָעֹלָ֑ה וְנִתַּ֥ח אֹתָ֖הּ לִנְתָחֶֽיהָ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Zevachim 85a.

E-Daf.com — Zevachim 85a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 85a
״וְנִתַּח אֹתָהּ״ — אוֹתָהּ כְּשֵׁרָה וְלֹא פְּסוּלָה.

English: “And cut it” — it, the valid one, and not a disqualified one.

In the sugya: Otah selects the valid offering. A pasul that was already disqualified before stripping is not put through the nituach of this verse; it is burned with its hide as it is.

Type of Learning

Miyut from “it” (otah) — valid offering only.

What Is Learned

Nituach (and the associated hafshatah procedure of this verse) applies to a valid offering. A pasul disqualified before stripping is burned with its hide as it is — not cut into pieces under this command.