Derasha 1 on Vayikra 4:25

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 25 · Unit 1 of 7

The Complete Passuk

וְלָקַ֨ח הַכֹּהֵ֜ן מִדַּ֤ם הַֽחַטָּאת֙ בְּאֶצְבָּע֔וֹ וְנָתַ֕ן עַל־קַרְנֹ֖ת מִזְבַּ֣ח הָעֹלָ֑ה וְאֶת־דָּמ֣וֹ יִשְׁפֹּ֔ךְ אֶל־יְס֖וֹד מִזְבַּ֥ח הָעֹלָֽה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Zevachim 14a (unit 1; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

E-Daf.com — Zevachim 14a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 14a
״וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן״ — הוּא בְּעַצְמוֹ יִקַּח.

English: “And the kohen shall take” — he himself shall take.

In the sugya: The subject “the kohen” is read as requiring personal action by a valid kohen, excluding a non-kohen or any intermediate agent from the kabbalah of the blood.

Type of Learning

Kohen must personally receive the blood — the kohen, not a non-kohen or animal, must take the blood of the nasi’s chatas.

What Is Learned

Kabbalah of the blood of the nasi’s chatas must be performed by a kohen himself. A non-kohen who receives the blood, or any arrangement in which the kohen does not personally take it, invalidates the service. The verse’s language places the act squarely on the kohen.