Derasha 81 on Vayikra 4:6

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 6

The Complete Passuk

וְטָבַ֧ל הַכֹּהֵ֛ן אֶת־אֶצְבָּע֖וֹ בַּדָּ֑ם וְהִזָּ֞ה מִן־הַדָּ֧ם שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֗ים לִפְנֵ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ אֶת־פְּנֵ֖י פָּרֹ֥כֶת הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Zevachim 38a–39b / Toras Kohanim on the seven haza’ot.

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

Core Text

Core Text
והזה מן הדם שבע פעמים לפני ה' את פני פרכת הקדש

English: And he shall sprinkle of the blood seven times before Hashem, in front of the veil of the Holy.

Type of Learning

Fixed count of haza’ot — seven sprinklings are indispensable.

What Is Learned

The anointed kohen dips his finger in the blood and sprinkles seven times toward the parochet of the Kodesh. These inner sprinklings define this as a “chatat penimit.”

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