Derasha 2 on Vayikra 4:2

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 2 · Unit 2 of 6

The Complete Passuk

דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ לֵאמֹר֒ נֶ֗פֶשׁ כִּֽי־תֶחֱטָ֤א בִשְׁגָגָה֙ מִכֹּל֙ מִצְוֺ֣ת יְהֹוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר לֹ֣א תֵעָשֶׂ֑ינָה וְעָשָׂ֕ה מֵאַחַ֖ת מֵהֵֽנָּה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Horayos 8a.

E-Daf.com — Horayos 8a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Horayos 8a
״מִכֹּל מִצְוֺת יְהֹוָה״ — לְמִצְוֺת ה׳ וְלֹא לְמִצְוֺת הַמֶּלֶךְ.

English: “The commandments of Hashem” — for the commandments of Hashem, and not for the commandments of the king.

In the sugya: The specification “mitzvot Hashem” excludes purely civil or royal decrees from the scope of the chatas obligation.

Type of Learning

Miyut of royal decrees from chatas — chatas liability applies to Torah prohibitions, not to violation of a king’s civil decree alone.

What Is Learned

Chatas liability applies to Torah prohibitions, not to violation of a king’s civil decree alone. The verse’s language “the commandments of Hashem” is read as limiting the chatas system to mitzvot that derive from divine command. A purely royal or civil ordinance does not, by itself, trigger the chatas of this chapter.