Derasha 52 on Vayikra 10:07

TT #52 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 7

The Complete Passuk

וּמִפֶּ֩תַח֩ אֹ֨הֶל מוֹעֵ֜ד לֹ֤א תֵֽצְאוּ֙ פֶּן־תָּמֻ֔תוּ כִּי־שֶׁ֛מֶן מִשְׁחַ֥ת יְהֹוָ֖ה עֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֖וּ כִּדְבַ֥ר משֶֽׁה:

Chabad.org — Vayikra Chapter 10 with Rashi

English: “For the anointing oil of Hashem is upon you”: Rav Hoshaya derives the seven days of mourning from the seven days associated with the anointing oil, teaching that Israel should mourn their brother for seven days.

Source Citation

Jerusalem Talmud, Moed Katan 3:5.

Sefaria — Jerusalem Talmud, Moed Katan 3:5

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כִּי שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת ה׳. תַּנְיָא, מִנַּיִן לַאֲבֵלוּת שִׁבְעַת יָמִים מִן הַתּוֹרָה? אָמַר רַב הוֹשַׁעְיָא, כְּתִיב כִּי שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת ה׳ עֲלֵיכֶם, כְּשֵׁם שֶׁנִּתְרַוֵּיתֶם מִשֶּׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה כָּל שִׁבְעָה, כָּךְ שִׁמְרוּ עַל אֲחִיכֶם כָּל שִׁבְעָה.

Type of Learning

Textual inference — The Chazal derives the teaching from the wording and context of the verse.

What Is Learned

This Torah Temimah note derives a practical or interpretive teaching from the wording of Vayikra 10:07, connecting the verse to the cited rabbinic source.