Derasha 1 on Vayikra 4:6

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 6 · Unit 1 of 11

The Complete Passuk

וְטָבַ֧ל הַכֹּהֵ֛ן אֶת־אֶצְבָּע֖וֹ בַּדָּ֑ם וְהִזָּ֨ה מִן־הַדָּ֜ם שֶׁ֤בַע פְּעָמִים֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה אֶת־פְּנֵ֖י פָּרֹ֥כֶת הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Zevachim 93b.

E-Daf.com — Zevachim 93b
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 93b
״וְטָבַל״ — וְטָבַל וְלֹא מִסְפֵּג.

English: “And he shall dip” — dip, and not wipe.

In the sugya: The verb tevilah is distinguished from mere wiping of the finger against the vessel.

Type of Learning

Miyut of wiping vs dipping — the kohen must dip his finger in the blood; wiping the finger on the vessel’s rim does not count as tevilah.

What Is Learned

The kohen must dip his finger in the blood; wiping the finger on the vessel’s rim does not count as tevilah. The Torah’s requirement of “and he shall dip” demands actual immersion of the finger in the blood. Contact by wiping alone fails to fulfill the act and is therefore invalid for the subsequent haza’ah of the High Priest’s chatas.