Derasha 3 on Vayikra 3:2

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 2 · Unit 3 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 Zevachim 55b.

E-Daf.com — Zevachim 55b
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 55b
״פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד״ — שְׁלָמִים שֶׁשְּׁחָטָן קֹדֶם פְּתִיחַת דַּלְתוֹת הַהֵיכָל פְּסוּלִים.

English: “At the entrance of the Tent of Meeting” — shelamim slaughtered before the opening of the heichal doors are invalid.

In the sugya: The requirement of the entrance links the validity of shechitah to the open state of the Sanctuary doors.

Type of Learning

Requirement of open heichal doors — shelamim shechitah is valid only when the Sanctuary doors are open.

What Is Learned

Shelamim shechitah is valid only when the Sanctuary doors are open. The Torah’s specification “at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting” is understood to require that the doors of the heichal be open at the time of slaughter. Slaughter performed while those doors remain closed is therefore invalid.