Derasha 4 on Vayikra 4:13

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 13 · Unit 4 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 5a (unit 4; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

E-Daf.com — Horayos 5a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Horayos 5a
הוֹרוּ בֵּית דִּין וְעָשָׂה שֵׁבֶט אֶחָד עַל פִּיהֶם — חַיָּב אוֹתוֹ הַשֵּׁבֶט.

English: If the beit din ruled and one tribe acted on their word — that tribe is liable.

In the sugya: Even when the majority of Israel does not follow the erroneous ruling, a single tribe that does so incurs its own communal obligation.

Type of Learning

Single-tribe liability — a single tribe that follows an erroneous Sanhedrin ruling brings its own bull.

What Is Learned

Liability for the par he’elam davar is not limited to the nation as a whole. When one shevet alone acts upon the Sanhedrin’s mistaken hora’ah, that tribe itself becomes obligated to bring the communal bull. The scope of the offering tracks the scope of the actual transgression.