Derasha 6 on Vayikra 4:27

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 27 · Unit 6 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 6; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).

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

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Shabbos 93a
תַּנְיָא: ״בַּעֲשֹׂתָהּ״ — כֻּלָּהּ וְלֹא מִקְצָתָהּ, מִכָּאן לִשְׁנַיִם שֶׁהוֹצִיאוּ מַשָּׂא לִרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים בְּשַׁבָּת שֶׁהֵם פְּטוּרִים.

English: It was taught: “In doing it” — the whole of it and not part of it; from here, two who carried a load into the public domain on Shabbos are exempt.

In the sugya: The word “ba’asotah” is read as requiring a complete individual performance of the prohibited act, excluding cases in which two people together complete a single act.

Type of Learning

Complete act required for liability — joint partial performance of a single act does not generate individual chatas liability.

What Is Learned

When two people together carry a load that neither could have carried alone, neither is liable for a private chatas (or for the corresponding Shabbos prohibition in the classic case). The verse requires that the actor perform the whole of the prohibited action, not merely a portion of a joint act.