Vayikra 4:28 · unit 2

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 4:28 · Unit 2 of 5

Complete Passuk

א֚וֹ הוֹדַ֣ע אֵלָ֔יו חַטָּאת֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֑א וְהֵבִ֨יא קׇרְבָּנ֜וֹ שְׂעִירַ֤ת עִזִּים֙ תְּמִימָ֣ה נְקֵבָ֔ה עַל־חַטָּאת֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָטָֽא׃

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Kerisos 27b.

E-Daf · Kerisos 27b

Core Text
הַמַּפְרִישׁ חַטָּאתוֹ וּמֵת — לֹא יְבִיאֶנּוּ בְּנוֹ אַחֲרָיו, דַּאֲמַר קְרָא ״וְהֵבִיא קָרְבָּנוֹ״ — בְּקָרְבָּנוֹ הוּא יוֹצֵא וְאֵינוֹ יוֹצֵא בְּקָרְבַּן אָבִיו.

One who designated his chatas and then died — his son may not bring it after him, as Scripture says “and he shall bring his offering” — he fulfills his obligation with his own offering and not with his father’s offering.

In the sugya: The Gemara derives from the possessive “korbano” that the chatas must belong to the one who is obligated. Once the owner dies, the personal obligation ceases and the designated animal cannot be transferred to the heir.

Type of Learning

Diyuk of “korbano” — the offering must belong to the one who is obligated; the heir cannot discharge the father’s personal chatas.

What Is Learned

A chatas that has been designated by a living person who subsequently dies cannot be brought by the son. The obligation is personal; it dies with the owner. The heir is not considered the continuation of the father’s obligation for purposes of this private chatas. The verse’s insistence on “his offering” excludes the use of an animal that belonged to someone else, even a father.