Derasha 3 on Vayikra 4:13

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 13 · Unit 3 of 11

The Complete Passuk

וְאִ֨ם כׇּל־עֲדַ֤ת יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יִשְׁגּ֔וּ וְנֶעְלַ֣ם דָּבָ֔ר מֵעֵינֵ֖י הַקָּהָ֑ל וְעָשׂ֣וּ אַחַ֗ת מִכׇּל־מִצְוֺת יְהֹוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־תֵעָשֶׂ֔ינָה וְאָשֵֽׁמוּ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Horayos 4b (unit 3; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

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Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Horayos 4b

סַנְהֶדְרִין שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהּ פָּסוּל — אֵינָהּ סַנְהֶדְרִין.

English: A Sanhedrin that has an unfit member is not a Sanhedrin.

In the sugya: Just as completeness of number is required, so is fitness of every member; the presence of even one pasul disqualifies the body from issuing a binding hora’ah.

Type of Learning

Valid Sanhedrin required — a Sanhedrin that includes an unfit member does not generate communal chatas liability.

What Is Learned

Any disqualification among the judges voids the status of the Sanhedrin for the purpose of the communal bull. An unfit member renders the entire court incapable of producing the formal hora’ah that the verse contemplates. Only a fully valid Sanhedrin can create the liability.

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