EXTRA 2 — Vayikra 4:13–21 · Sifra

Extra Credit · Toras Kohanim

The Complete Passuk

וְעָשָׂ֣ה לַפָּ֔ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשָׂה֙ לְפַ֣ר הַֽחַטָּ֔את כֵּ֖ן יַעֲשֶׂה־לּ֑וֹ

He shall do to the bull as he did to the chatas bull; so shall he do to it.

Source

Sifra on the community bull sharing the anointed’s inner procedure.

Sefaria — Sifra / Toras Kohanim

The Midrash (longer context)

Core Text
״וְעָשָׂה לַפָּר כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְפַר הַחַטָּאת״ — כְּפַר הַכֹּהֵן הַמָּשִׁיחַ: הַזָּאוֹת לִפְנֵי הַפָּרֹכֶת וְנְתִינָה עַל מִזְבַּח הַפְּנִימִי.

English: “He shall do to the bull as he did to the chatas bull” — like the anointed kohen’s bull: sprinklings before the paroches and placement on the inner altar.

In Sifra: The community’s inadvertent chatas follows the identical inner blood procedure as the anointed kohen’s bull; both are “inner” chata’os whose flesh is burned outside the camp.

Type of Learning

R’ Yishmael #2 (hekesh) via “as he did.”

What Is Learned

Communal chatas and the anointed’s chatas share the same inner sanctuary blood service and outer burning of the carcass.