Derasha 6 on Vayikra 4:13

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 13 · Unit 6 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 4a (unit 6; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

E-Daf.com — Horayos 4a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Horayos 4a
״וְנֶעְלַם דָּבָר״ — וְלֹא שֶׁתֵּעָקֵר הַמִּצְוָה כֻּלָּהּ.

English: “And a matter is hidden” — and not that the entire commandment is uprooted.

In the sugya: The word “davar” is taken to imply a partial, discrete detail rather than the wholesale abolition of an entire mitzvah.

Type of Learning

Miyut of total uprooting — communal chatas applies when part of a law is forgotten, not when an entire mitzvah is abolished.

What Is Learned

The he’elem that generates the communal bull is the forgetting of a particular detail within a mitzvah, not the complete uprooting of the mitzvah itself. If the Sanhedrin were to abolish an entire commandment, the resulting error would fall outside the scope of this verse. Only a limited, partial concealment produces the liability.