Derasha 3 on Vayikra 4:6

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 6 · Unit 3 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
״בַּדָּם" — בַּדָּם שֶׁבַּכְּלִי, וְלֹא בַּדָּם שֶׁבְּאֶצְבָּעוֹ.

English: “In the blood” — in the blood that is in the vessel, and not in the blood that is on his finger.

In the sugya: Each dipping must draw from the blood remaining in the vessel rather than from residual blood already on the finger.

Type of Learning

Dip from the vessel — each tevilah must be into the blood that remains in the vessel, not residual blood on the finger.

What Is Learned

Each tevilah must be into the blood that remains in the vessel, not residual blood on the finger. The phrase “in the blood” is understood to require immersion in the main body of blood held in the kli. Relying on blood already clinging to the finger from a prior dip does not satisfy the requirement for subsequent applications.