Derasha 4 on Vayikra 4:12

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 12 · Unit 4 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 Toras Kohanim (Sifra), Vayikra Dibbura DeChovah, on 4:12 (ve-saraf oto — the valid, not the invalid) (unit 4; 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 4:12 (ve-saraf oto — the valid, not the invalid)

״וְשָׂרַף אֹתוֹ״ — הַכָּשֵׁר וְלֹא הַפָּסוּל.

English: “And he shall burn it” — the valid, and not the invalid.

In the sugya: The Sifra limits the outside-the-camps burning protocol to a bull that remains valid; an invalidated animal is not subject to this particular rule of disposal.

Type of Learning

Only a valid bull is burned outside the three camps — if the bull was invalidated, its burning is not governed by this outside-the-camps rule.

What Is Learned

The special procedure of burning outside the three camps applies solely to a kasher chatas bull. Once the animal has been declared pasul, the verse’s “ve-saraf oto” no longer dictates the place or manner of its disposal. Validity is a precondition for the entire outside-burning regimen.

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