Derasha 2 on Vayikra 4:21

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 21 · Unit 2 of 2

The Complete Passuk

וְהוֹצִ֣יא אֶת־הַפָּ֗ר אֶל־מִחוּץ֙ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וְשָׂרַ֣ף אֹת֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר֙ שָׂרַ֣ף אֵ֣ת הַפָּ֣ר הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן חַטַּ֥את הַקָּהָ֖ל הֽוּא׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Toras Kohanim (Sifra), Vayikra Dibbura DeChovah, on 4:21 (chatas ha-kahal hu — it is the assembly’s chatas) (unit 2; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

Sefaria — Sifra / Toras Kohanim, Vayikra Dibbura DeChovah

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Toras Kohanim (Sifra), Vayikra Dibbura DeChovah, on 4:21 (chatas ha-kahal hu — it is the assembly’s chatas)
״חַטַּאת הַקָּהָל הוּא״ — חַטַּאת הַקָּהָל.

English: “It is the chatas of the assembly” — the chatas of the assembly.

In the midrash: The closing designation “chatas ha-kahal hu” is taken as an explicit identification of this bull as the community’s sin-offering.

Type of Learning

Designation of communal chatas — this bull is expressly the community’s sin-offering.

What Is Learned

The verse itself labels the offering “the chatas of the assembly.” This designation confirms its communal character and distinguishes it from the individual or High-Priestly chatas offerings treated in the surrounding sections.