Derasha 1 on Vayikra 1:11

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 11 · Unit 1 of 4

The Complete Passuk

וְשָׁחַ֨ט אֹת֜וֹ עַ֣ל יֶ֧רֶךְ הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ צָפֹ֖נָה לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה וְזָרְק֡וּ בְּנֵי֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן הַכֹּהֲנִ֧ים אֶת־דָּמ֛וֹ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ סָבִֽיב׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Menachos 56a.

E-Daf.com — Menachos 56a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Menachos 56a
״וְשָׁחַט אֹתוֹ צָפֹנָה״ — אוֹתוֹ בַּצָּפוֹן וְאֵין מְלִיקַת הָעוֹף בַּצָּפוֹן; אוֹתוֹ בַּצָּפוֹן וְאֵין שְׁחִיטַת הַפֶּסַח בַּצָּפוֹן; אוֹתוֹ בַּצָּפוֹן וְאֵין הַשּׁוֹחֵט צָרִיךְ לִהְיוֹת בַּצָּפוֹן.

English: “And he shall slaughter it on the north” — it on the north, and not melikah of a bird on the north; it on the north, and not shechitah of the Pesach on the north; it on the north, and the slaughterer need not himself stand on the north.

In the sugya: “It” limits what must be on the north. The animal of this olah must be there; bird melikah and the Pesach are not bound by the same north rule; and the slaughterer’s own feet need not be on the north if the cut is effected on the animal that is.

Type of Learning

Miyut from “it” limiting what must be on the north.

What Is Learned

North-side shechitah is required for this animal olah. Bird melikah and the Pesach are not bound by the same north rule, and the slaughterer’s own position is not required to be on the north.