Derasha 3 on Vayikra 3:1

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 1 · Unit 3 of 7

The Complete Passuk

וְאִם־זֶ֥בַח שְׁלָמִ֖ים קָרְבָּנ֑וֹ אִ֤ם מִן־הַבָּקָר֙ ה֣וּא מַקְרִ֔יב אִם־זָכָר֙ אִם־נְקֵבָ֔ה תָּמִ֖ים יַקְרִיבֶ֖נּוּ לִפְנֵ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Zevachim 99b.

E-Daf.com — Zevachim 99b
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 99b
רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר: הָאוֹנֵן אֵינוֹ מְשַׁלֵּחַ קָרְבְּנוֹתָיו, דִּכְתִיב ״זֶבַח שְׁלָמִים קָרְבָּנוֹ״ — כׇּל קָרְבָּנוֹת שֶׁהוּא מֵבִיא כְּשֶׁהוּא שָׁלֵם.

English: Rabbi Shimon says: An onein does not send his offerings, as it is written “a sacrifice of shelamim is his offering” — all offerings that he brings when he is whole.

In the sugya: The association of the offering with a state of completeness excludes the onein from sending personal korbanot.

Type of Learning

Miyut of onein from sending offerings — a mourner before burial does not dispatch personal offerings.

What Is Learned

A mourner before burial does not dispatch his personal offerings. Rabbi Shimon reads “his offering” in the context of shelamim as requiring that the owner be in a state of completeness (shalem), excluding the onein.