Derasha 6 on Vayikra 4:24

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 24 · Unit 6 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 (chatas hu — all its acts for the sake of chatas) (unit 6; 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 (chatas hu — all its acts for the sake of chatas)

״חַטָּאת הוּא״ — מַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר? לְלַמֵּד שֶׁיִּהְיוּ כׇּל מַעֲשֶׂיהָ לְשֵׁם חַטָּאת.

English: “It is a chatas” — why is this said? To teach that all its acts must be for the sake of a chatas.

In the midrash: The designation “chatas hu” is extended beyond the single act of slaughter to require that every subsequent avodah also be performed with chatas intent.

Type of Learning

All avodot lishmah for chatas — every stage of the nasi’s offering must be performed with chatas intent.

What Is Learned

Not only the shechitah but every later act — kabbalah, holachah, zerikah — must be done for the sake of a chatas. An act performed with intent for a different offering-type invalidates the service. The midrash reads the verse as imposing a comprehensive lishmah requirement on the entire sequence of avodot.

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