Derasha 1 on Vayikra 4:27

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 27 · Unit 1 of 6

The Complete Passuk

וְאִם־נֶ֧פֶשׁ אַחַ֛ת תֶּחֱטָ֥א בִשְׁגָגָ֖ה מֵעַ֣ם הָאָ֑רֶץ בַּ֠עֲשֹׂתָ֠הּ אַחַ֨ת מִמִּצְוֺ֧ת יְהֹוָ֛ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־תֵעָשֶׂ֖ינָה וְאָשֵֽׁם׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Horayos 8a (unit 1; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

E-Daf.com — Horayos 8a
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Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Horayos 8a
״וְאִם נֶפֶשׁ" — אֵין הַיָּחִיד חַיָּב קָרְבַּן חַטָּאת אֶלָּא עַל דָּבָר שֶׁזְּדוֹנוֹ כָּרֵת וְשִׁגְגָתוֹ חַטָּאת.

English: “And if a soul” — an individual is liable for a chatas offering only for a matter whose intentional violation is kares and whose inadvertent is chatas.

In the sugya: The same kares/chatas threshold already applied to the community and the nasi is now applied to the ordinary individual.

Type of Learning

Kares/chatas threshold for the individual — ordinary individuals, like the nasi and community, bring chatas only for kares-level prohibitions.

What Is Learned

An ordinary person is obligated in a chatas only when the prohibition in question carries kares if done intentionally. Lesser prohibitions that lack this severity do not generate the private chatas of this chapter, just as they do not generate the communal or nasi offerings.