Derasha 2 on Vayikra 3:3

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 3 · Unit 2 of 4

The Complete Passuk

וְהִקְרִ֨יב מִזֶּ֣בַח הַשְּׁלָמִים֮ אִשֶּׁ֣ה לַיהֹוָה֒ אֶת־הַחֵ֙לֶב֙ הַֽמְכַסֶּ֣ה אֶת־הַקֶּ֔רֶב וְאֵת֙ כׇּל־הַחֵ֔לֶב אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־הַקֶּֽרֶב׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Chullin 49b.

E-Daf.com — Chullin 49b
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Chullin 49b
רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר: לְהָבִיא חֵלֶב שֶׁעַל הַקֵּבָה; וְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר: לְהָבִיא חֵלֶב שֶׁעַל הַדַּקִּין.

English: Rabbi Yishmael says: to include the fat on the kevah; and Rabbi Akiva says: to include the fat on the thin intestines.

In the sugya: The two Tannaim dispute the precise referent of the phrase “all the fat that is on the innards.”

Type of Learning

Scope of chelev on the innards — debate between R. Yishmael and R. Akiva over which visceral fat is included.

What Is Learned

There is a Tannaitic debate on which visceral fat is included in “all the fat on the innards.” Rabbi Yishmael includes the fat on the kevah; Rabbi Akiva includes the fat on the thin intestines. The dispute turns on how broadly the verse’s language extends the prohibition and the sacrificial offering of those particular deposits of fat.