Derasha 1 on Vayikra 1:4

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 4

The Complete Passuk

וְסָמַ֣ךְ יָד֔וֹ עַ֖ל רֹ֣אשׁ הָעֹלָ֑ה וְנִרְצָ֥ה ל֖וֹ לְכַפֵּ֥ר עָלָֽיו׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Menachos 93a (verified; blind man and semicha via gezerah shavah).

E-Daf.com — Tsurras Hadaf (size=3)
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF of the daf

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Menachos 93a
הַסּוּמָא אֵינוֹ סוֹמֵךְ — מַאי טַעְמָא? יָלֵיף סְמִיכָה סְמִיכָה מִזִּקְנֵי עֵדָה: מַה לְּהַלָּן סוּמָא אֵינוֹ סוֹמֵךְ, אַף כָּאן סוּמָא אֵינוֹ סוֹמֵךְ.

English: A blind man does not perform the leaning — what is the reason? He derives “leaning / leaning” from the elders of the congregation: just as there a blind man does not lean, so here a blind man does not lean.

Type of Learning

R’ Yishmael #2 / R’ Eliezer #7 (גזרה שווה) — verbal analogy between semicha here and semicha of the elders of the congregation (Vayikra 4:15).

What Is Learned

A blind person is not eligible to perform semicha on an offering, by gezerah shavah from the requirement that the elders who lean must not be blind.