Derasha 5 on Vayikra 4:24

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 24 · Unit 5 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 10b (unit 5; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

E-Daf.com — Zevachim 10b
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 10b

״חַטָּאת הוּא״ — חַטָּאת נֶאֱמַר בָּהּ ״הוּא״ בִּשְׁחִיטָה, לוֹמַר לָךְ: לְשְׁמָהּ כְּשֵׁרָה, שֶׁלֹּא לְשְׁמָהּ פְּסוּלָה.

English: “It is a chatas” — “it is” is said of the slaughter, to tell you: for its own sake it is valid; not for its own sake it is invalid.

In the sugya: The word “hu” attached to the slaughter of the chatas is understood to require that the shechitah itself be performed with the specific intent of a chatas.

Type of Learning

Shechitah must be for the sake of chatas — if the nasi’s goat is slaughtered with intent for another offering-type, it is invalid.

What Is Learned

The slaughter of the nasi’s chatas must be performed with explicit intent that it is a chatas. If the slaughterer intends an olah, shelamim, or any other type, the offering is invalidated. The verse’s “hu” at the stage of shechitah makes lishmah a condition of validity for this act.

← PREV ↑ Master Index NEXT →