Derasha 4 on Vayikra 3:3

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 3 · Unit 4 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 93a.

E-Daf.com — Chullin 93a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Chullin 93a
אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: חֵלֶב שֶׁעַל גַּבֵּי הַמָּסָס וּבֵית הַכּוֹסוֹת אֲסוּרִין וְעָנוּשׁ כָּרֵת, וְזֶהוּ חֵלֶב אֲשֶׁר עַל הַקֶּרֶב.

English: Rav Yehudah said in the name of Shmuel: Fat on the omasum and the reticulum is forbidden and punished with kares — and that is “the fat that is on the innards.”

In the sugya: Shmuel identifies the concrete organs whose covering fat constitutes the biblical chelev of the kerav.

Type of Learning

Identification of specific organ fats — chelev on the masas and beit ha-kosot is the biblical forbidden fat of the innards.

What Is Learned

Chelev on the masas (omasum) and beit ha-kosot (reticulum) is the biblical forbidden fat of the innards. Shmuel’s statement both prohibits that fat under penalty of kares and equates it with the phrase “the fat that is on the innards” in the verse. The ruling supplies a practical anatomical identification of the chelev that the Torah requires to be removed and offered.