Derasha 2 on Vayikra 4:8

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 8 · Unit 2 of 2

The Complete Passuk

וְאֵ֧ת כׇּל־חֵ֛לֶב פַּ֥ר הַחַטָּ֖את 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 (yarim mimenu — from the attached) (unit 2; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

Sefaria — Sifra / Toras Kohanim, Vayikra Dibbura DeChovah

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Toras Kohanim (Sifra), Vayikra Dibbura DeChovah, on 4:8 (yarim mimenu — from the attached)

״יָרִים מִמֶּנּוּ״ — מִמֶּנּוּ מִן הַמְּחֻבָּר.

English: “He shall remove from it” — from it, from what is still attached.

In the sugya: The Sifra reads the preposition as requiring that the emurim be lifted while still joined to the animal, before the carcass is further cut apart.

Type of Learning

Order of emurim removal — the fat is lifted while still attached to the animal, before further dismemberment.

What Is Learned

The fat of the chatas bull is removed while it remains joined to the body. The Sifra’s reading of “mimenu” as “from the attached” precludes waiting until after the animal has been fully disjointed. The order protects the integrity of the offering parts that are destined for the altar.

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