Vayikra 4:28 · unit 4

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 4:28 · Unit 4 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 Shabbat 71b.

E-Daf · Shabbat 71b

Core Text
אָתְמַר: אָכַל שְׁנֵי זֵיתֵי חֵלֶב בְּהֶעְלֵם אֶחָד וְנוֹדַע לוֹ עַל הָרִאשׁוֹן וְחָזַר וְנוֹדַע לוֹ עַל הַשֵּׁנִי — אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: חַיָּיב שְׁתַּיִם.

It was stated: If one ate two olive-sizes of forbidden fat in a single lapse of awareness, and then became aware of the first and later of the second — Rabbi Yochanan said he is liable for two offerings.

In the sugya: Even when two acts of eating chelev occurred under one original lapse of awareness, successive moments of “hod’a” (becoming aware) of each act generate independent chatas obligations according to Rabbi Yochanan.

Type of Learning

Diyuk of successive “hod’a” moments — each distinct awareness creates a separate obligation even within one original he’elem.

What Is Learned

Separate moments of awareness for distinct acts, even when those acts originally shared a single lapse of awareness, generate separate chatas obligations. Rabbi Yochanan’s ruling means that the Torah’s emphasis on “when it becomes known to him” treats each awareness event as independently generative of liability. Consequently two chatas offerings are required rather than one.