Derasha 1 on Vayikra 4:20

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 20 · Unit 1 of 4

The Complete Passuk

וְעָשָׂ֣ה לַפָּ֔ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשָׂה֙ לְפַ֣ר הַֽחַטָּ֔את כֵּ֖ן יַעֲשֶׂה־לּ֑וֹ וְכִפֶּ֧ר עֲלֵהֶ֛ם הַכֹּהֵ֖ן וְנִסְלַ֥ח לָהֶֽם׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Zevachim 39b (unit 1; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

E-Daf.com — Zevachim 39b
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 39b
״וְעָשָׂה לַפָּר״ — מַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר? אֶלָּא ״לַפָּר״ זֶה פַּר יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים; ״כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְפַר״ זֶה פַּר כֹּהֵן מָשִׁיחַ.

English: “And he shall do to the bull” — why is this said? Rather: “to the bull” is the Yom Kippur bull; “as he did to the bull” is the anointed kohen’s bull.

In the sugya: The verse’s language is parsed so that the communal bull’s procedure is cross-referenced both to the High Priest’s bull and to the Yom Kippur bull, establishing a shared blood-service pattern.

Type of Learning

Parallel of Yom Kippur and mashiach bulls — the communal bull’s blood-service follows the pattern of the High Priest’s bull, and both inform Yom Kippur.

What Is Learned

The procedure for the par he’elam davar of the congregation is aligned with that of the anointed kohen’s bull. The same language also supplies the model for the Yom Kippur bull. Blood applications, order, and essential acts are therefore governed by this shared paradigm rather than by independent local rules.