Derasha 5 on Vayikra 4:3

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 3 · Unit 5 of 10

The Complete Passuk

אִ֣ם הַכֹּהֵ֧ן הַמָּשִׁ֛יחַ יֶחֱטָ֖א לְאַשְׁמַ֣ת הָעָ֑ם וְהִקְרִ֡יב עַ֣ל חַטָּאתוֹ֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר חָטָ֜א פַּ֣ר בֶּן־בָּקָ֥ר תָּמִ֛ים לַיהֹוָ֖ה לְחַטָּֽאת׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Horayos 7a.

E-Daf.com — Horayos 7a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Horayos 7a
״לְאַשְׁמַת הָעָם״ — הֲרֵי הוּא מָשִׁיחַ כְּצִבּוּר. מַה צִּבּוּר אֵינוֹ מֵבִיא אֶלָּא עַל הֶעְלֵם דָּבָר עִם שִׁגְגַת מַעֲשֶׂה, אַף מָשִׁיחַ אֵינוֹ מֵבִיא אֶלָּא עַל הֶעְלֵם דָּבָר עִם שִׁגְגַת מַעֲשֶׂה.

English: “For the guilt of the people” — he is an anointed [priest] like the community. Just as the community brings only for a forgotten matter together with an inadvertent act, so the anointed [priest] brings only for a forgotten matter together with an inadvertent act.

In the sugya: The phrase “for the guilt of the people” equates the High Priest’s bull with the communal offering, requiring the same dual condition of forgotten ruling plus inadvertent act.

Type of Learning

Equivalence of Mashiach to tzibbur — the anointed High Priest brings his bull only under the same conditions as the communal chatas (forgotten matter + inadvertent act).

What Is Learned

The anointed High Priest brings his bull only for a forgotten matter together with an inadvertent act, exactly as the community does. The Torah’s phrase “for the guilt of the people” establishes that the High Priest’s special chatas is governed by the same dual requirement that governs the communal bull. This keeps the personal offering of the High Priest within the communal paradigm rather than expanding it to ordinary individual shogeg alone.