Derasha 3 on Vayikra 4:7

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 7 · Unit 3 of 8

The Complete Passuk

וְנָתַן֩ הַכֹּהֵ֨ן מִן־הַדָּ֜ם עַל־קַרְנ֣וֹת מִזְבַּ֤ח קְטֹ֨רֶת֙ הַסַּמִּ֔ים לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וְאֵ֣ת ׀ כׇּל־דַּ֣ם הַפָּ֗ר יִשְׁפֹּךְ֙ אֶל־יְסוֹד֙ מִזְבַּ֣ח הָעֹלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־פֶּ֖תַח 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

אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר רַב: הַשּׁוֹחֵט צָרִיךְ שֶׁיְּקַבֵּל כׇּל דָּמוֹ שֶׁל פַּר, דִּכְתִיב ״וְאֵת כׇּל דַּם הַפָּר יִשְׁפֹּךְ״.

English: Rav Yehudah said in the name of Rav: The slaughterer must receive all the blood of the bull, as it is written “and all the blood of the bull he shall pour out.”

In the sugya: The requirement to receive the entirety of the bull’s blood is derived from the verse’s language of “all the blood.”

Type of Learning

Full reception of the bull’s blood — all the bull’s blood is to be received; none is left to spill unused at slaughter.

What Is Learned

All the bull’s blood is to be received; none is left to spill unused at slaughter. Rav’s ruling, based on the verse’s “all the blood of the bull,” requires that the entire blood issue of the animal be collected into the vessel. Residual blood left uncollected at the time of shechitah would violate the comprehensive language of the Torah.

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