Derasha 2 on Vayikra 3:7

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 7 · Unit 2 of 4

The Complete Passuk

אִם־כֶּ֥שֶׂב הֽוּא־מַקְרִ֖יב אֶת־קָרְבָּנ֑וֹ וְהִקְרִ֤יב אֹתוֹ֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Toras Kohanim (Sifra) on 3:7.

Sefaria — Sifra / Toras Kohanim

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Toras Kohanim (Sifra) on 3:7
״אִם כֶּשֶׂב״ — לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הַפֶּסַח.

English: “If a sheep” — to include the pesach.

In the midrash: The conditional opening is read as a ribbuy that brings the pesach under the procedural rules of the sheep shelamim.

Type of Learning

Ribbuy of the pesach under sheep shelamim rules — the pesach is included in the procedures stated for a sheep.

What Is Learned

The pesach is included in the procedures stated for a sheep. The Sifra treats the phrase “if a sheep” as deliberately broad enough to encompass the pesach animal when it is brought under the rubric of shelamim. The result is that certain sacrificial details that apply to the ordinary sheep shelamim are extended to the pesach as well.