Derasha 4 on Vayikra 1:6

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 6 · Unit 4 of 5

The Complete Passuk

וְהִפְשִׁ֖יט אֶת־הָעֹלָ֑ה וְנִתַּ֥ח אֹתָ֖הּ לִנְתָחֶֽיהָ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Chullin 11a.

E-Daf.com — Chullin 11a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Chullin 11a
דַּאֲמַר קְרָא ״וְנִתַּח אֹתָהּ לִנְתָחֶיהָ״ — אוֹתָהּ לִנְתָחֶיהָ, וְלֹא נְתָחֶיהָ לִנְתָחִים.

English: As the verse says, “And cut it into its pieces” — it into its pieces, and not its pieces into [further] pieces.

In the sugya: One level of division only. The animal becomes its standard limbs; those limbs are not further subdivided into ever-smaller pieces under this command.

Type of Learning

Miyut from “into its pieces” — standard limbs, not sub-pieces.

What Is Learned

Nituach divides the animal into the standard limbs, not into ever-smaller subdivisions of those limbs. “Into its pieces” stops at one generation of cutting.