Vayikra 5:15 · unit 3

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah · Passuk 5:15 · Unit 3 of 11

Complete Passuk

נֶפֶשׁ כִּי־תִמְעֹל מַעַל וְחָטְאָה בִּשְׁגָגָה מִקָּדְשֵׁי יְהוָה וְהֵבִיא אֶת־אֲשָׁמוֹ לַיהוָה אַיִל תָּמִים מִן־הַצֹּאן בְּעֶרְכְּךָ כֶּסֶף־שְׁקָלִים בְּשֶׁקֶל־הַקֹּדֶשׁ לְאָשָׁם׃

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Meilah 18a.

Sefaria — Meilah 18a · E-Daf

Core Text — Meilah 18a

כִּי תִמְעֹל מַעַל — מִנַּיִן שֶׁאֲכִילָתוֹ וַאֲכִילַת חֲבֵרוֹ… מִצְטָרְפִין וַאֲפִלּוּ לְזְמַן מְרֻבֶּה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר תִּמְעֹל מַעַל מִכָּל מָקוֹם.

“When one commits a trespass” — from where that one’s own eating and another’s combine, even over a long interval? Scripture says “tim’ol ma’al” in any mode.

In the sugya: The doubled language “tim’ol ma’al” is read as a ribbuy that allows partial acts of use — even by different people and over an extended period — to combine toward the minimum value that creates me’ilah liability.

Type of Learning

Ribbuy from the doubled “ma’al” — partial uses combine.

What Is Learned

Partial uses that together reach a perutah of sacred value create full me’ilah liability. One’s own eating and another’s eating can combine, even across a long interval. The Torah’s doubled language includes every mode of misuse.

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