Derasha 4 on Vayikra 3:1

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 1 · Unit 4 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 Yerushalmi Nazir 5:2.

Sefaria — Yerushalmi Nazir 5:2

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Yerushalmi Nazir 5:2
״מִן הַבָּקָר״ — לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הָאַחַד עָשָׂר שֶׁבַּמַּעַשְׂרוֹת לִשְׁלָמִים; ״מִן הַבָּקָר״ — לְהוֹצִיא אֶת הַתְּשִׁיעִי שֶׁבַּמַּעַשְׂרוֹת.

English: “From the herd” — to include the eleventh of the tithes as shelamim; “from the herd” — to exclude the ninth of the tithes.

In the Yerushalmi: The phrase “from the herd” both includes and excludes certain animals of the maaser count.

Type of Learning

Ribbuy/miyut of maaser animals — the eleventh may be brought as shelamim; the ninth may not.

What Is Learned

An eleventh of maaser may be brought as shelamim; a ninth may not. The Torah’s language “from the herd” is read as both including the eleventh animal of the tithe-count and excluding the ninth.