Derasha 2 on Vayikra 1:15

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 2 · Passuk 15 · Unit 2 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 Kiddushin 36a.

E-Daf.com — Kiddushin 36a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Kiddushin 36a
אִתַּקַּשׁ מְלִיקָה לְהַקְטָרָה: מַה הַקְטָרָה אֵינָהּ נוֹהֶגֶת בְּנָשִׁים אַף מְלִיקָה אֵינָהּ נוֹהֶגֶת בְּנָשִׁים.

English: Melikah is compared to hakatarah: just as hakatarah is not practiced by women, so melikah is not practiced by women.

In the sugya: The juxtaposition of melikah and the subsequent hakatarah in the same verse creates a hekesh. The exclusion of women from the altar service of burning transfers to the act of melikah itself.

Type of Learning

Hekesh of melikah to hakatarah — excluding women.

What Is Learned

Women do not perform melikah of the bird olah. Because melikah is compared to the burning that follows it, and women are excluded from that hakatarah, they are likewise excluded from the melikah that precedes it.