Derasha 3 on Vayikra 4:26

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 26 · Unit 3 of 7

The Complete Passuk

וְאֶת־כׇּל־חֶלְבּוֹ֙ יַקְטִ֣יר הַמִּזְבֵּחָ֔ה כְּחֵ֖לֶב זֶ֣בַח הַשְּׁלָמִ֑ים וְכִפֶּ֨ר עָלָ֧יו הַכֹּהֵ֛ן מֵחַטָּאת֖וֹ וְנִסְלַ֥ח לֽוֹ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Zevachim 7a (unit 3; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

E-Daf.com — Zevachim 7a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 7a
אָמַר רָבָא: חַטָּאת שֶׁשְּׁחָטָהּ עַל מִי שֶׁמְּחֻיָּב עוֹלָה — כְּשֵׁרָה, מַאי טַעְמָא? ״וְכִפֶּר עָלָיו״ כְּתִיב — עָלָיו וְלֹא עַל חֲבֵרוֹ.

English: Rava said: A chatas slaughtered for one who is obligated in an olah is valid; why? “And he shall atone for him” is written — for him, and not for his fellow.

In the sugya: The pronoun “alav” is taken to restrict the kapparah to the specific person for whom the chatas was designated.

Type of Learning

Chatas for the correct person — the offering must be for the one who owes the chatas, not transferred to another’s obligation.

What Is Learned

A chatas slaughtered with intent to atone for someone other than the person who is obligated in that chatas is still valid as a chatas, but the derivation shows that the verse itself limits the intended beneficiary to “him.” The offering cannot be reassigned to cover a different person’s liability.