Vayikra 5:8 · unit 3

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 7 · Passuk 5:8 · Unit 3 of 5

Complete Passuk

וְהֵבִיא אֹתָם אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן וְהִקְרִיב אֶת־אֲשֶׁר לַחַטָּאת רִאשׁוֹנָה וּמָלַק אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ מִמּוּל עָרְפּוֹ וְלֹא יַבְדִּיל׃

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Toras Kohanim.

Core Text

וּמָלַק אֶת רֹאשׁוֹ מִמּוּל עָרְפּוֹ — רֹאשׁוֹ שֶׁל זֶה מִמּוּל עֹרֶף וְאֵין רֹאשׁוֹ שֶׁל אַחֵר מִמּוּל עֹרֶף.

“And he shall nip its head from opposite its nape” — this one’s head is nipped opposite the nape, and another’s head is not nipped opposite the nape. Melikah from the nape is unique to birds; one may not transfer that method to animal slaughter.

Type of Learning: Miyut (exclusion) from the bird-specific wording: the nape-melikah rule is locked to the bird and does not generate a parallel requirement for animals.

What Is Learned: Animal shechitah remains a front-of-neck cut. One cannot argue from the bird’s nape-melikah that animals should also be killed from the rear of the neck.

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