Derasha 5 on Vayikra 3:1

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 1 · Unit 5 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 Toras Kohanim (Sifra), on 3:1 (hu makriv — individual only).

Sefaria — Sifra / Toras Kohanim

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Toras Kohanim (Sifra), on 3:1
״הוּא מַקְרִיב״ — מְלַמֵּד שֶׁהַיָּחִיד מֵבִיא שְׁלָמִים נְדָבָה וְאֵין הַצִּבּוּר מְבִיאִין שְׁלָמִים נְדָבָה.

English: “He offers” — this teaches that an individual brings free-will shelamim, and the community does not bring free-will shelamim.

In Sifra: The singular “he offers” limits free-will shelamim to the individual.

Type of Learning

Miyut of communal nedavah shelamim — only an individual may vow free-will shelamim.

What Is Learned

Only an individual may vow free-will shelamim. The Torah’s language “he offers” is read as excluding the community from bringing shelamim as a free-will gift.