Derasha 4 on Vayikra 4:25

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 25 · Unit 4 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 24a (unit 4; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

E-Daf.com — Zevachim 24a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 24a
תַּנְיָא: ״בְּאֶצְבָּעוֹ וְלָקַח״ — מְלַמֵּד שֶׁלֹּא תְּהֵא קַבָּלָה אֶלָּא בַּיָּמִין; ״בְּאֶצְבָּעוֹ וְנָתַן״ — מְלַמֵּד שֶׁלֹּא תְּהֵא נְתִינָה אֶלָּא בַּיָּמִין.

English: It was taught: “With his finger and he shall take” — this teaches that kabbalah is only with the right hand; “with his finger and he shall put” — this teaches that application is only with the right hand.

In the sugya: The repeated mention of “with his finger” at both the taking and the placing of the blood is read as requiring the right hand for both acts.

Type of Learning

Right-hand requirement for kabbalah and netinah — both receiving and applying the blood of the nasi’s chatas use the right hand.

What Is Learned

Kabbalah of the blood and its subsequent application to the horns must both be performed with the right hand. Use of the left hand for either act fails to satisfy the requirement derived from the doubled language of “with his finger.”