Derasha 3 on Vayikra 4:22

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 22 · Unit 3 of 8

The Complete Passuk

אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָשִׂ֖יא יֶחֱטָ֑א וְעָשָׂ֡ה אַחַ֣ת מִכׇּל־מִצְוֺת֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה אֱלֹהָ֜יו אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹא־תֵעָשֶׂ֛ינָה בִּשְׁגָגָ֖ה וְאָשֵֽׁם׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Horayos 10a (unit 3; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

E-Daf.com — Horayos 10a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Horayos 10a

הַנָּשִׂיא שֶׁעָבַר מִגְּדוּלָּתוֹ וְאַחַר כָּךְ חָטָא — הֲרֵי הוּא כְּהֶדְיוֹט, דִּכְתִיב ״אֲשֶׁר נָשִׂיא יֶחֱטָא״ — כְּשֶׁהוּא נָשִׂיא.

English: A nasi who left his high office and afterward sinned — he is like a commoner, as it is written “when a nasi sins” — while he is nasi.

In the sugya: The status of nasi is measured at the moment of the sin; departure from office returns the person to the status of a private individual for sacrificial purposes.

Type of Learning

Status at time of sin — only one who holds the nasi office when he sins brings the nasi’s chatas.

What Is Learned

If a nasi steps down or is removed from office and only afterward commits a shegagah, he brings the ordinary individual’s chatas, not the nasi’s goat. The verse’s language “when a nasi sins” requires that the office be held at the time of the transgression.

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