Derasha 7 on Vayikra 4:7

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 7 · Unit 7 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 52a.

E-Daf.com — Zevachim 52a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 52a
״יְסוֹד מִזְבַּח הָעֹלָה״ — וְלֹא יְסוֹד מִזְבַּח הַפְּנִימִי.

English: “The base of the burnt-offering altar” — and not the base of the inner altar.

In the sugya: The residual blood is directed exclusively to the outer altar’s base, excluding the incense altar.

Type of Learning

Miyut of inner altar’s base — residual blood is poured at the outer altar’s base, not the incense altar’s.

What Is Learned

Residual blood is poured at the outer altar’s base, not the incense altar’s. The verse’s explicit reference to the “base of the olah altar” is taken to exclude the base of the inner incense altar. The final disposal of blood therefore occurs outside, at the foundation of the sacrificial altar that stands before the Tent of Meeting.