Derasha 5 on Vayikra 1:6

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

The Complete Passuk

וְהִפְשִׁ֖יט אֶת־הָעֹלָ֑ה וְנִתַּ֥ח אֹתָ֖הּ לִנְתָחֶֽיהָ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Chullin 11a (same amud — majority principle from nituach).

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

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Chullin 11a
״וְנִתַּח אֹתָהּ לִנְתָחֶיהָ״ — אוֹתָהּ לִנְתָחֶיהָ וְלֹא נְתָחֶיהָ לִנְתָחִים.
וְנֵיחוּשׁ שֶׁמָּא נִקַּב קְרוּם שֶׁל מֹחַ? אֶלָּא שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ דְּאָזְלִינַן בָּתַר רוּבָּא.

English: “And cut it into its pieces” — it into its pieces and not its pieces into pieces. But should we not worry that perhaps the membrane of the brain was pierced? Rather, learn from this that we follow the majority.

In the sugya: If every possible internal defect required exhaustive inspection before nituach, the mitzvah could not proceed as written. The Torah’s command to cut into standard pieces is itself evidence that we rely on rov (majority) rather than paralysis by remote doubt.

Type of Learning

Diyuk yielding rov (majority) as a general principle.

What Is Learned

The Torah’s command to cut into standard pieces — without exhaustive internal inspection of every possible defect — is a support for following the majority in doubtful cases. We do not freeze the process over a remote worry such as a pierced brain membrane.