Derasha 78 on Vayikra 4:3

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 3

The Complete Passuk

אִ֣ם הַכֹּהֵ֧ן הַמָּשִׁ֛יחַ יֶחֱטָ֖א לְאַשְׁמַ֣ת הָעָ֑ם וְהִקְרִ֧יב עַ֣ל חַטָּאת֛וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֗א פַּ֣ר בֶּן־בָּקָ֥ר תָּמִ֖ים לַיהֹוָ֖ה לְחַטָּֽאת׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Horayot / Toras Kohanim on le-ashmat ha-am.

E-Daf / Tsurras Hadaf
PDF of the daf / source

Core Text

Core Text
לאשמת העם

English: To the guilt of the people.

Type of Learning

Linkage of leader and nation — the kohen’s sin is described as causing communal ashmah.

What Is Learned

The phrase “to the guilt of the people” teaches that the Kohen Gadol’s unwitting ruling or act implicates the public dimension of avodah, hence a unique bull chatat.

Audio (Daf Yomi):
dafyomi.org — Horayot
YICC / Rav Etshalom series