Derasha 1 on Vayikra 4:8

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 8 · Unit 1 of 1

The Complete Passuk

וְאֶת־כׇּל־חֵ֥לֶב פַּ֥ר הַֽחַטָּ֖את יָרִ֣ים מִמֶּ֑נּוּ אֶת־הַחֵ֙לֶב֙ הַֽמְכַסֶּ֣ה עַל־הַקֶּ֔רֶב וְאֵת֙ כׇּל־הַחֵ֔לֶב אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־הַקֶּֽרֶב׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Toras Kohanim (Sifra), Vayikra Dibbura DeChovah, on 4:8.

Sefaria — Sifra / Toras Kohanim, Vayikra Dibbura DeChovah

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Toras Kohanim (Sifra), Vayikra Dibbura DeChovah, on 4:8
״חֵלֶב פַּר הַחַטָּאת״ — כְּחֵלֶב זֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים.

English: “The fat of the chatas bull” — like the fat of the shelamim sacrifice.

In the midrash: The Sifra equates the emurim of the High Priest’s chatas bull with those of a shelamim, establishing a parallel list of sacrificial fats.

Type of Learning

Parallel of shelamim emurim for the High Priest’s bull — the emurim of the High Priest’s chatas follow the shelamim list.

What Is Learned

The emurim of the High Priest’s chatas follow the shelamim list. The Sifra’s comparison of “the fat of the chatas bull” to the fat of the shelamim teaches that the same portions (the covering fat of the innards and the fat upon the innards) are removed and offered. This creates a consistent framework for the sacrificial fats across different offerings that share this structural language.