Derasha 2 on Vayikra 3:2

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 2 · Unit 2 of 5

The Complete Passuk

וְסָמַ֤ךְ יָדוֹ֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ קָרְבָּנ֔וֹ וּשְׁחָט֕וֹ פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וְזָרְק֡וּ בְּנֵי֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן הַכֹּהֲנִ֧ים אֶת־הַדָּ֛ם עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ סָבִֽיב׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Kiddushin 57b.

E-Daf.com — Kiddushin 57b
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Kiddushin 57b

״וּשְׁחָטוֹ״ — שְׁחִיטָה כְּשֵׁרָה בְּזָר.

English: “And he shall slaughter it” — slaughter is valid by a non-kohen.

In the sugya: The subject of the slaughter verb is not restricted to a kohen, unlike the subsequent blood service which is explicitly assigned to the sons of Aharon.

Type of Learning

Zar may perform shechitah — slaughter of shelamim need not be performed by a kohen.

What Is Learned

Shechitah of shelamim need not be by a kohen. The Torah’s “and he shall slaughter it” is read as permitting a non-kohen (zar) to perform the slaughter, while the blood service remains a kohen-only act. The contrast between the unrestricted subject of the shechitah verb and the explicit “sons of Aharon” for the zerikah establishes the distinction in the law.

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