Derasha 4 on Vayikra 4:24

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 24 · Unit 4 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 Zevachim 48b (unit 4; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

E-Daf.com — Zevachim 48b
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 48b
״בִּמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁחַט אֶת הָעֹלָה״ — וְהֵיכָן הוּא? בַּצָּפוֹן.

English: “In the place where the burnt-offering is slaughtered” — and where is that? In the north.

In the sugya: The cross-reference to the place of the olah’s slaughter is used to locate the shechitah of the nasi’s chatas on the northern side of the courtyard.

Type of Learning

Chatas slaughtered in the north like olah — the nasi’s chatas is slaughtered on the northern side of the altar courtyard.

What Is Learned

Just as the olah is slaughtered in the north, so too the chatas of the nasi must be slaughtered in the north. The verse’s explicit linkage supplies the location. Slaughter performed south of the altar does not fulfill the requirement of this offering.