Derasha 2 on Vayikra 3:5

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 5 · Unit 2 of 3

The Complete Passuk

וְהִקְטִ֨ירוּ אֹת֤וֹ בְנֵֽי־אַהֲרֹן֙ הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָה עַל־הָעֵצִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הָאֵ֑שׁ אִשֵּׁ֛ה רֵ֥יחַ נִיחֹ֖חַ לַיהֹוָֽה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Kiddushin 36a.

E-Daf.com — Kiddushin 36a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Kiddushin 36a
הַהַקְטָרוֹת נוֹהֲגוֹת בַּאֲנָשִׁים וְלֹא בַּנָּשִׁים, דִּכְתִיב ״וְהִקְטִירוּ אוֹתוֹ בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן״ — בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן וְלֹא בְּנוֹת אַהֲרֹן.

English: The burnings are practiced by men and not by women, as it is written “and the sons of Aharon shall cause it to go up in smoke” — the sons of Aharon, and not the daughters of Aharon.

In the sugya: The explicit “sons of Aharon” is read as a miyut that excludes the daughters of Aharon from the act of hakatarah.

Type of Learning

Miyut of female kohanim from hakatarah — hakatarah is restricted to male kohanim.

What Is Learned

Hakatarah is restricted to male kohanim. The Torah’s language “the sons of Aharon” is taken to exclude the daughters of Aharon from performing the burning of the emurim. The restriction is therefore gender-specific within the priestly family itself.