Derasha 10 on Vayikra 1:15

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 2 · Passuk 15 · Unit 10 of 11

The Complete Passuk

וְהִקְרִיב֤וֹ הַכֹּהֵן֙ אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וּמָלַק֙ אֶת־רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וְהִקְטִ֖יר הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה וְנִמְצָ֣ה דָמ֔וֹ עַ֖ל קִ֥יר הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Chullin 88a.

E-Daf.com — Chullin 88a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Chullin 88a
״עַל קִיר הַמִּזְבֵּחַ״ — עַל קִיר הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְלֹא עַל קִיר הַכֶּבֶשׁ.

English: “On the wall of the altar” — on the wall of the altar, and not on the wall of the ramp.

In the sugya: The precise phrase “kir ha-mizbe’ach” excludes nearby surfaces that are not the altar wall itself. The ramp (kevesh) has its own wall; the blood must go onto the altar’s wall, not the ramp’s.

Type of Learning

Miyut from “wall of the altar” — not the wall of the ramp.

What Is Learned

Blood is drained onto the altar wall proper, not onto the ramp. The verse’s specification of “kir ha-mizbe’ach” is the source for excluding the kevesh as a valid surface for mitzuy.