Derasha 4 on Vayikra 4:14

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 14 · Unit 4 of 4

The Complete Passuk

וְנוֹדְעָה֙ הַֽחַטָּ֔את אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָטְא֖וּ עָלֶ֑יהָ וְהִקְרִ֨יבוּ הַקָּהָ֜ל פַּ֤ר בֶּן־בָּקָר֙ לְחַטָּ֔את וְהֵבִ֣יאוּ אֹת֔וֹ לִפְנֵ֖י אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Horayos 5b (unit 4; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

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

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Horayos 5b
״וְהִקְרִיבוּ הַקָּהָל״ — חָטָא שֵׁבֶט אֶחָד מֵבִיא גַּם כֵּן פַּר, מַאי טַעְמָא? שֵׁבֶט אֶחָד נָמֵי אִקְרִי קָהָל.

English: “And the assembly shall offer” — if one tribe sinned it also brings a bull; why? One tribe is also called “kahal.”

In the sugya: The designation “kahal” is extended beyond the entire nation to include a single tribe that acted on the Sanhedrin’s erroneous ruling.

Type of Learning

Single tribe as kahal — a single tribe that follows an erroneous ruling brings its own communal-style bull.

What Is Learned

Even one shevet that follows an erroneous hora’ah of the Sanhedrin is obligated to bring a bull. The verse’s use of “kahal” is understood to apply to a single tribe as well as to the nation as a whole. The liability tracks the actual scope of the action that was taken on the basis of the mistaken ruling.