Derasha 53 on Vayikra 10:07

TT #53 · 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: “The anointing oil of Hashem is upon you”: the command applies not only to Aaron and his sons, who were anointed, but to priests of every generation.

Source Citation

Sifra (Toras Kohanim), Shemini, Mekhilta de-Miluim II 43.

Sefaria — Sifra, Shemini, Mekhilta DeMiluim II 43

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
מִשְׁחַת ה׳ עֲלֵיכֶם. יָכוֹל אֵין לִי אֶלָּא אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו שֶׁנִּתְרַבּוּ בְּשֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה, מִנַּיִן לַכֹּהֲנִים שֶׁל כָּל הַדּוֹרוֹת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר כִּי שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת ה׳ עֲלֵיכֶם.

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.