Derasha 2 on Vayikra 4:5

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 5 · Unit 2 of 7

The Complete Passuk

וְלָקַ֛ח הַכֹּהֵ֥ן הַמָּשִׁ֖יחַ מִדַּ֣ם הַפָּ֑ר וְהֵבִ֥יא אֹת֖וֹ אֶל־אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Zevachim 25a.

E-Daf.com — Zevachim 25a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 25a
נִשְׁפַּךְ הַדָּם עַל הָרִצְפָּה וַאֲסָפוֹ — פָּסוּל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן הַמָּשִׁיחַ מִדַּם הַפָּר״ — דָּם מֵהַפָּר יְקַבְּלֶנּוּ.

English: If the blood spilled on the floor and he gathered it — it is invalid, as it is said “and the anointed kohen shall take from the blood of the bull” — blood from the bull he shall receive it.

In the sugya: The requirement that the blood be taken “from the blood of the bull” is understood to demand direct reception from the animal rather than recovery from the floor.

Type of Learning

Miyut of floor-collected blood — blood must be received directly from the bull’s neck into the vessel; blood scooped from the floor is invalid.

What Is Learned

Blood must be received directly from the bull’s neck into the vessel; blood scooped from the floor is invalid. The verse’s language “from the blood of the bull” is read as requiring that the reception occur while the blood is still issuing from the animal. Once the blood has fallen to the floor and is later gathered, it no longer qualifies as the blood taken from the bull for the purposes of this chatas.