Vayikra 5:1 · unit 21

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 Yoma 74a.

Sefaria — Yoma 74a
E-Daf · Yoma 74a

Core Text — Yoma 74a

שָׁאנֵי הָתָם דְּאָמַר קְרָא: ״אִם לֹא יַגִּיד״, וְהַאי לָאו בַּר הַגָּדָה הוּא כְּלָל.

It is different there, for Scripture says “if he does not tell,” and this one is not a person of telling at all.

The Gemara uses the verse’s language of “yagid” to exclude from the shevu’as ha-eidus framework anyone who is not a bar haggadah — one who is ineligible to give formal testimony in the first place.

Type of Learning: Diyuk — “yagid” presupposes a person who is eligible to tell; one who is not a bar haggadah never enters the verse’s liability structure.

What Is Learned: The obligation and liability of Vayikra 5:1 apply only to those who are capable of giving formal testimony. A person who is not a bar haggadah is outside the entire shevu’as ha-eidus framework of the verse.