Derasha 1 on Vayikra 3:9

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 9 · Unit 1 of 2

The Complete Passuk

וְהִקְרִ֨יב מִזֶּ֣בַח הַשְּׁלָמִים֮ אִשֶּׁ֣ה לַיהֹוָה֒ חֶלְבּוֹ֙ הָאַלְיָ֣ה תְמִימָ֔ה לְעֻמַּ֥ת הֶעָצֶ֖ה יְסִירֶ֑נָּה וְאֶת־הַחֵ֙לֶב֙ הַֽמְכַסֶּ֣ה אֶת־הַקֶּ֔רֶב וְאֵת֙ כׇּל־הַחֵ֔לֶב אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־הַקֶּֽרֶב׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Zevachim 28a.

E-Daf.com — Zevachim 28a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 28a
הַשּׁוֹחֵט אֶת הַזֶּבַח עַל מְנָת לֶאֱכֹל כְּזַיִת מֵעוֹר הָאַלְיָה בַּחוּץ פָּסוּל; מַאי טַעְמָא? אָמַר רַב הוּנָא: עוֹר אַלְיָה לָאו כְּבָשָׂר דָּמֵי.

English: One who slaughters the sacrifice intending to eat an olive-bulk of the tail’s hide outside — it is invalid; why? Rav Huna said: The hide of the alyah is not like meat.

In the sugya: The status of the alyah’s hide is distinguished from the status of its meat with respect to pigul and related intent disqualifications.

Type of Learning

Pigul/intent regarding alyah hide — intent to eat the alyah’s hide outside does not create the same invalidity as intent for the meat.

What Is Learned

Intent to eat the alyah’s hide outside does not create the same invalidity as intent for the meat. Rav Huna explains that the hide of the alyah is not regarded as flesh; therefore an intention directed at that hide does not trigger the full pigul consequence that would apply to an intention directed at the edible meat of the offering. The distinction protects the validity of the sacrifice when the improper intent concerns only the hide.