Derasha 2 on Vayikra 4:27

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 27 · Unit 2 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 Shabbos 93a (unit 2; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

E-Daf.com — Shabbos 93a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Shabbos 93a

״נֶפֶשׁ אַחַת תֶּחֱטָא״ — שָׁלֹשׁ לְשׁוֹנוֹת יָחִיד כְּתִיבֵי כָּאן.

English: “One soul shall sin” — three expressions of individuality are written here.

In the sugya: The multiple singular expressions in the verse are treated as successive miyutim that exclude joint performance of a single prohibited act.

Type of Learning

Multiple miyutim of group action — repeated singular language excludes cases where several people jointly perform a single prohibited act.

What Is Learned

The verse’s insistence on singular language (“one soul,” “in doing it,” etc.) teaches that liability for a private chatas arises only when a single person performs the complete prohibited act. When the act is divided among several participants, the individual chatas obligation does not attach.

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