Derasha 7 on Vayikra 4:6

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 6 · Unit 7 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
אֶת־פְּנֵי פָּרֹכֶת הַקֹּדֶשׁ — לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הַפָּרֹכֶת שֶׁל הֵיכָל.

English: “The face of the parochet of the holy” — to include the parochet of the heichal.

In the sugya: The designation of the parochet is expanded to cover the curtain of the heichal as the locus of the seven sprinklings.

Type of Learning

Parochet of the heichal — the seven sprinklings are performed opposite the parochet of the heichal.

What Is Learned

The seven sprinklings are performed opposite the parochet of the heichal. The verse’s reference to “the face of the parochet of the holy” is read as identifying the curtain that stands before the heichal. This fixes the precise location within the sanctuary for the blood applications of the High Priest’s chatas.