Vayikra 5:17 · unit 6

Parashas Vayikra · Passuk 5:17 · Unit 6 of 7

Complete Passuk

וְאִם־נֶפֶשׁ כִּי תֶחֱטָא וְעָשְׂתָה אַחַת מִכָּל־מִצְוֺת יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא תֵעָשֶׂינָה וְלֹא־יָדַע וְאָשֵׁם וְנָשָׂא עֲוֺנוֹ׃

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Kiddushin.

Core Text
וְלֹא יָדַע וְאָשֵׁם וְנָשָׂא עֲוֺנוֹ — אִיסִי בֶּן יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: עַל זֶה יִדְווּ כָּל הַדַּוִּים.

“And he did not know and is guilty and bears his iniquity” — Isi ben Yehudah says: over this all who mourn should mourn.

In the sugya: Isi ben Yehudah’s homiletic reading focuses on the phrase “nasa avono.” Even an unintended violation leaves a spiritual debt that must be addressed by the asham talui.

Type of Learning

Homiletic reading of “nasa avono” — the burden of unintended sin.

What Is Learned

Even accidental violation leaves a spiritual debt that requires the asham talui. Isi ben Yehudah treats the verse as a cause for mourning: the Torah itself acknowledges that unintended wrongdoing still imposes a weight that must be lifted by the offering.