Derasha 3 on Vayikra 4:12

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 12 · Unit 3 of 7

The Complete Passuk

וְהוֹצִ֣יא אֶת־כׇּל־הַפָּ֗ר אֶל־מִחוּץ֙ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה אֶל־מָק֣וֹם טָה֔וֹר אֶל־שֶׁ֖פֶךְ הַדֶּ֑שֶׁן וְשָׂרַ֤ף אֹתוֹ֙ עַל־עֵצִ֔ים בָּאֵ֑שׁ עַל־שֶׁ֥פֶךְ הַדֶּ֖שֶׁן יִשָּׂרֵֽף׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Zevachim 106a (unit 3; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

E-Daf.com — Zevachim 106a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 106a
״אֶל שֶׁפֶךְ הַדֶּשֶׁן״ — לְלַמֶּדְךָ שֶׁיְּהֵא שָׁם דֶּשֶׁן.

English: “To the place of the ash-heap” — to teach you that there should already be ash there.

In the sugya: The designation “shefech ha-deshen” is taken to imply a site that already contains the ashes previously removed from the altar; the bull is not burned on virgin ground.

Type of Learning

Prior ash required at the burn-site — burning is done at a site that already holds the altar’s ash.

What Is Learned

The chatas bull is burned only where altar ash has already been deposited. The verse’s choice of “shefech ha-deshen” rather than a neutral “place outside” supplies the requirement that residual deshen from the mizbeach must already be present at the burning location.