Derasha 61 on Tetzaveh 29:37

Parashas Tetzaveh · Passuk 29:37

The Complete Passuk

שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֗ים תְּכַפֵּר֙ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ֖ אֹת֑וֹ וְהָיָ֤ה הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ קֹ֣דֶשׁ קׇֽדָשִׁ֔ים כׇּל־הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בַּמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ יִקְדָּֽשׁ׃ {ס}

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Zevachim 83b (verified).

Sefaria — Exodus 29:37
Sefaria — Zevachim 83b
E-Daf — Zevachim 83b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 83b
כָּל הַנּוֹגֵעַ בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ יִקְדָּשׁ. שׁוֹמֵעַ אֲנִי בֵּין רָאוּי בֵּין שֶׁאֵינוֹ רָאוּי, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: עוֹלָה — מָה עוֹלָה רְאוּיָה, אַף כָּל רָאוּי.

English: The verse could be read as sanctifying anything that touches the altar, even something unfit for it. Chazal limit this: as an offering must be fit, so the object sanctified by the altar must be fit for it.

On the daf / in context: See the cited source for the full section.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse.

What Is Learned

The altar sanctifies an item that is fit for the altar, not every object indiscriminately placed upon it.