Derasha 4 on Vayikra 1:8

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 8 · Unit 4 of 8

The Complete Passuk

וְעָרְכ֗וּ בְּנֵ֤י אַהֲרֹן֙ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים אֵ֚ת הַנְּתָחִ֔ים אֶת־הָרֹ֖אשׁ וְאֶת־הַפָּ֑דֶר עַל־הָעֵצִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הָאֵ֔שׁ אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Chullin 27a.

E-Daf.com — Chullin 27a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Chullin 27a
״אֶת הַנְּתָחִים אֶת הָרֹאשׁ״ — וְהֲלֹא רֹאשׁ בִּכְלַל כָּל הַנְּתָחִים הָיָה, וְלָמָּה יָצָא? לְפִי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וְהִפְשִׁיט אֶת הָעֹלָה וְנִתַּח — אֵין לִי אֶלָּא נְתָחִים שֶׁיֶּשְׁנָן בִּכְלַל הַפְשָׁטָה; בִּנְיָן אַב לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הָרֹאשׁ.

English: “The pieces, the head” — was the head not already included among all the pieces? Why is it singled out? Because it is said “and he shall strip the olah and cut” — I would have only pieces that are within the stripping; [“the head” is] a building block to include the head.

In the sugya: The head is skinned differently from the body pieces. Without a special inclusion, one might have thought it is outside the arrangement of “the pieces.” Singling out “the head” brings it onto the fire despite that difference.

Type of Learning

Ribbuy of the head despite separate treatment in skinning — binyan av from the explicit mention.

What Is Learned

The head is arranged on the fire even though it is not skinned in the same way as the other pieces. Explicit “the head” after “the pieces” is what includes it.