Derasha 2 on Vayikra 4:25

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 25 · Unit 2 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 45a (unit 2; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

E-Daf.com — Zevachim 45a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 45a
״וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן״ וּסְמִיךְ לֵיהּ ״וְשָׁחַט אֹתוֹ בִּמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁחַט אֶת הָעֹלָה״ — שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ דְּגַם קַבָּלַת דַּם חַטָּאת בָּעֵי צָפוֹן.

English: “And the kohen shall take,” next to “and he shall slaughter it in the place where the olah is slaughtered” — learn from this that kabbalah of chatas blood also requires the north.

In the sugya: The juxtaposition of the kabbalah verse with the northern slaughter location of the previous verse is taken to extend the northern requirement to the receiving of the blood as well.

Type of Learning

Northern kabbalah for chatas blood — receiving the blood of the nasi’s chatas must be done in the north.

What Is Learned

Just as the shechitah of the nasi’s chatas occurs in the north, so too the kabbalah of its blood must take place in the north. The proximity of the two clauses in the text supplies the derivation. Kabbalah performed south of the altar does not satisfy the requirement.