Derasha 4 on Vayikra 4:27

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 27 · Unit 4 of 6

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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 11a (unit 4; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

E-Daf.com — Horayos 11a
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Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Horayos 11a

״מֵעַם הָאָרֶץ״ — פְּרָט לְכֹהֵן מָשִׁיחַ, פְּרָט לְנָשִׂיא.

English: “From the people of the land” — excluding the anointed kohen, excluding the nasi.

In the sugya: The same phrase that excludes the mumar is also used to keep the High Priest and the nasi outside the ordinary individual’s section, because each has a dedicated procedure earlier in the chapter.

Type of Learning

Miyut of mashiach and nasi from ordinary section — the High Priest and the nasi have their own separate chatas procedures.

What Is Learned

The ordinary individual’s chatas section does not apply to the anointed kohen or to the nasi. Those two figures are already governed by the earlier, specialized units of the chapter. The language “from the people of the land” keeps them outside this section.

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