Derasha 4 on Vayikra 3:2

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 2 · Unit 4 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
אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: שְׁלָמִים שֶׁשְּׁחָטָן קֹדֶם פְּתִיחַת דַּלְתוֹת הַהֵיכָל פְּסוּלִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וּשְׁחָטוֹ פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד״ — בִּזְמַן שֶׁהוּא פָּתוּחַ וְלֹא בִּזְמַן שֶׁהוּא נָעוּל.

English: Rav Yehudah said in the name of Shmuel: Shelamim slaughtered before the heichal doors are opened are invalid, as it is said “and he shall slaughter it at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting” — when it is open, and not when it is locked.

In the sugya: The word “entrance” is taken to imply an open entrance, not a locked one.

Type of Learning

Diyuk of petach as open entrance — the entrance must be open at the time of slaughter.

What Is Learned

The entrance must be open at the time of slaughter. Shmuel’s ruling derives from the verse that shelamim slaughtered while the heichal doors are still locked are invalid. The diyuk turns on the ordinary sense of “entrance”: an entrance that is locked is not functioning as an entrance.