Derasha 3 on Vayikra 4:24

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 24 · Unit 3 of 6

The Complete Passuk

וְסָמַ֤ךְ יָדוֹ֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הַשָּׂעִ֔יר וְשָׁחַ֣ט אֹת֔וֹ בִּמְק֛וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִשְׁחַ֥ט אֶת־הָעֹלָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה חַטָּ֖את הֽוּא׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Toras Kohanim (Sifra), Vayikra Dibbura DeChovah, on 4:24 (ve-shachat oto — it, not its substitute) (unit 3; 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 4:24 (ve-shachat oto — it, not its substitute)
״וְשָׁחַט אֹתוֹ״ — אוֹתוֹ וְלֹא תְּמוּרָתוֹ.

English: “And he shall slaughter it” — it, and not its temurah.

In the midrash: The pronoun “oto” is taken as a miyut that excludes any substitute animal from being slaughtered as the chatas of this verse.

Type of Learning

Miyut of substitute animal — only the designated goat is slaughtered; its exchange-animal is not offered as this chatas.

What Is Learned

If the owner designates a different animal as a temurah for the nasi’s goat, that substitute may not be slaughtered under the authority of this verse. The original, designated animal alone is the one that must be offered. The miyut keeps the identity of the chatas fixed and prevents the substitution rules of other offerings from overriding the specific language here.