Derasha 5 on Vayikra 3:4

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 4 · Unit 5 of 7

The Complete Passuk

וְאֵת֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י הַכְּלָיֹ֔ת וְאֶת־הַחֵ֙לֶב֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עֲלֵהֶ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־הַכְּסָלִ֑ים וְאֶת־הַיֹּתֶ֙רֶת֙ עַל־הַכָּבֵ֔ד עַל־הַכְּלָי֖וֹת יְסִירֶֽנָּה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Toras Kohanim (Sifra) on 3:4.

Sefaria — Sifra / Toras Kohanim

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Toras Kohanim (Sifra) on 3:4
״עַל הַכְּלָיוֹת יְסִירֶנָּה״ — מְלַמֵּד שֶׁנּוֹטְלָהּ עִם הַכְּלָיוֹת.

English: “He shall remove it with the kidneys” — this teaches that he takes it together with the kidneys.

In the midrash: The phrase “with the kidneys” is read as requiring that the yoteret be removed in a single act together with the kidneys.

Type of Learning

Joint removal of yoteret with kidneys — the lobe is taken together with the kidneys.

What Is Learned

The lobe is taken together with the kidneys. The Sifra treats the closing phrase of the verse as a procedural instruction: the yoteret is not removed separately but is detached in the same motion that removes the kidneys and their fat. The result is a unified handling of these emurim.