Derasha 5 on Vayikra 4:22

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 22 · Unit 5 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 5; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

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

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Horayos 10a
חָטָא עַד שֶׁלֹּא נִתְמַנָּה וְאַחַר כָּךְ נִתְמַנָּה — הֲרֵי הוּא כְּהֶדְיוֹט.

English: If he sinned before he was appointed and afterward was appointed — he is like a commoner.

In the sugya: Sins committed prior to elevation do not become subject to the nasi’s special offering once the office is attained.

Type of Learning

Prior sins do not trigger nasi chatas — sins committed before elevation to nasi are atoned as an ordinary individual’s.

What Is Learned

A person who sinned while still a private individual and was later appointed nasi does not bring the nasi’s chatas for those earlier transgressions. The status that governs the offering is the status at the time of the sin, not the status at the time of discovery or atonement.