EXTRA 5 — Vayikra 4:11–12 · Sifra

Extra Credit · Toras Kohanim

The Complete Passuk

וְאֵ֣ת ע֤וֹר הַפָּר֙ וְאֶת־כָּל־בְּשָׂר֔וֹ עַל־רֹאשׁ֖וֹ וְעַל־כְּרָעָ֑יו וְקִרְבּ֖וֹ וּפִרְשֽׁוֹ׃ וְהוֹצִ֣יא אֶת־כָּל־הַפָּ֗ר אֶל־מִחוּץ֙ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה … וְשָׂרַ֣ף אֹת֔וֹ עַל־עֵצִ֖ים בָּאֵ֑שׁ

And the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and its legs, its innards and its dung… he shall take the whole bull outside the camp… and burn it on wood in fire.

Source

Sifra on the complete burning of the inner-chatas carcass outside the camp (anointed and community bulls).

Sefaria — Sifra / Toras Kohanim

The Midrash (longer context)

Core Text
״וְהוֹצִיא אֶת כָּל הַפָּר אֶל מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה״ — כָּל הַפָּר, לְרַבּוֹת עוֹרוֹ וּבְשָׂרוֹ וְקִרְבּוֹ; ״עַל עֵצִים בָּאֵשׁ״ — בְּמָקוֹם הַדֶּשֶׁן. חַטָּאוֹת הַפְּנִימִיּוֹת — נִשְׂרָפוֹת, לֹא נֶאֱכָלוֹת.

English: “He shall take the whole bull outside the camp” — the entire bull, including hide, flesh, and innards; “on wood in fire” — at the place of the ashes. Inner chata’os are burned, not eaten.

In Sifra: Unlike ordinary outer chata’os (whose meat is eaten by kohanim), the anointed’s and the community’s bulls are wholly burned outside the camp after the inner blood service. The nasi’s goat, being outer, does not share this fate.

Type of Learning

Custom (complete burning distinguishes inner chatas).

What Is Learned

Inner chata’os (anointed, Sanhedrin) are burned entirely outside the camp; their meat is never eaten. Outer chata’os follow a different residual rule.