Derasha 7 on Vayikra 4:3

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 3 · Unit 7 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 10a.

E-Daf.com — Horayos 10a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Horayos 10a
״וְהִקְרִיב עַל חַטָּאתוֹ אֲשֶׁר חָטָא״ — מְלַמֵּד שֶׁמֵּבִיא פַּר עַל חַטָּאתוֹ מִשֶּׁעָבַר; מִכָּאן לְכֹהֵן מָשִׁיחַ שֶׁחָטָא וְעָבַר…

English: “And he shall offer for his sin that he has sinned” — this teaches that he brings a bull for his past sin; from here that an anointed kohen who sinned and [then] left office…

In the sugya: The wording of the verse is taken to cover a sin committed while in office even after the High Priest has left that office.

Type of Learning

Atonement for past office-sin — a High Priest who sinned while in office and later left still brings the bull for that earlier sin.

What Is Learned

A High Priest who sinned while in office and later left still brings the bull for that earlier sin. The verse’s language “for his sin that he has sinned” is read as covering the past act even after the office has ended. The special chatas therefore remains attached to the sin of the office-holder rather than dissolving with the termination of the appointment.