Vayikra 5:1 · unit 15

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 6 · Passuk 5:1 · Unit 15 of 25

Complete Passuk

וְנֶפֶשׁ כִּי־תֶחֱטָא וְשָׁמְעָה קוֹל אָלָה וְהוּא עֵד אוֹ רָאָה אוֹ יָדָע אִם־לוֹא יַגִּיד וְנָשָׂא עֲוֺנוֹ׃

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Tosefta Shevuos 3:6 (parallel: exclusion of the blind).

Sefaria — Tosefta Shevuos 3:6

Core Text — Tosefta Shevuos 3:6

אוֹ רָאָה — לְהוֹצִיא אֶת הַסּוּמָא.

“Or saw” — to exclude the blind.

The Tosefta reads the verse’s “or he saw” as a limiting term that removes a blind person from the shevu’as ha-eidus liability structure for testimony that depends on visual perception.

Type of Learning: Miyut from “or saw” — a blind person is outside this form of testimony liability.

What Is Learned: A blind person is not under shevu’as ha-eidus for testimony that depends on seeing. The verse’s language “or he saw” excludes him from the obligation and liability of Vayikra 5:1 in that respect.

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