Derasha 1 on Vayikra 3:14

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 14 · Unit 1 of 1

The Complete Passuk

וְהִקְרִ֤יב מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ קָרְבָּנ֔וֹ אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַיהֹוָ֑ה אֶת־הַחֵ֙לֶב֙ הַֽמְכַסֶּ֣ה אֶת־הַקֶּ֔רֶב וְאֵת֙ כׇּל־הַחֵ֔לֶב אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־הַקֶּֽרֶב׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Toras Kohanim (Sifra) on 3:14.

Sefaria — Sifra / Toras Kohanim

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Toras Kohanim (Sifra) on 3:14
״וְהִקְרִיב מִמֶּנּוּ״ — מִמֶּנּוּ מִן הַמְּחֻבָּר: שֶׁלֹּא יְנַתֵּחַ הַבָּשָׂר קֹדֶם שֶׁיִּטֹּל הָאֵימוּרִין.

English: “And he shall offer from it” — from it, from what is still attached: that he not cut up the meat before taking the emurim.

In the midrash: The word “mimenu” is read as requiring that the emurim still be attached to the animal when they are removed.

Type of Learning

Order of emurim before nituch — emurim are removed while the animal is still whole, before portioning the meat.

What Is Learned

Emurim are removed while the animal is still whole, before portioning the meat. The Sifra treats “from it” as a procedural constraint: the kohen must take the sacrificial fats and organs from the intact carcass rather than after the meat has already been cut into portions. The sequence protects the integrity of the offering process.