Derasha 3 on Vayikra 4:5

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 5 · Unit 3 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
״מִדַּם הַפָּר״ — מִדַּם הַנֶּפֶשׁ וְלֹא מִדַּם הָעוֹר וְלֹא מִדַּם הַתַּמְצִית.

English: “From the blood of the bull” — from the life-blood, and not from the skin-blood and not from the residual blood.

In the sugya: The phrase “from the blood of the bull” is parsed to require the dam ha-nefesh of slaughter and to exclude secondary bloods.

Type of Learning

Miyut of non-life blood — only the dam ha-nefesh (life-blood at slaughter) is valid for the service; skin-blood and residual blood are excluded.

What Is Learned

Only the dam ha-nefesh (life-blood at slaughter) is valid for the service; skin-blood and residual blood are excluded. The verse’s language is taken to specify the primary blood that issues at the moment of shechitah. Blood that seeps from the skin or remains as residual after the main flow is not the blood required for the chatas service of the High Priest’s bull.