Derasha 2 on Vayikra 4:20

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 20 · Unit 2 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 39a (unit 2; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

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

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 39a
״כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה״ — וּכִי מָה בָּא זֶה לְלַמֵּד.

English: “As he did” — and what does this come to teach?

In the sugya: The phrase “as he did to the bull of the chatas” is scrutinized to determine the precise extent of the procedural parallel between the communal bull and the High Priest’s bull.

Type of Learning

Procedure parallel for communal bull — the communal bull’s service is performed in the same manner as the High Priest’s bull.

What Is Learned

The verse establishes that the blood applications and essential acts of the par he’elam davar are executed exactly as those of the anointed kohen’s bull. The parallel is not merely thematic; it supplies the concrete procedural template that the kohen follows when serving the communal offering.