Derasha 71 on Vayikra 10:13

TT #71 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 13

The Complete Passuk

וַֽאֲכַלְתֶּ֤ם אֹתָהּ֙ בְּמָק֣וֹם קָד֔וֹשׁ כִּ֣י חָקְךָ֤ וְחָק־בָּנֶ֨יךָ֙ הִ֔וא מֵֽאִשֵּׁ֖י יְהֹוָ֑ה כִּי־כֵ֖ן צֻוֵּֽיתִי:

Chabad.org — Vayikra Chapter 10 with Rashi

English: “From the offerings of Hashem”: this teaches that the priests receive their portion only after the sacrificial portions have been given on the altar.

Source Citation

Toras Kohanim.

Sefaria — Sifra (Toras Kohanim), Shemini

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
מֵאִשֵּׁי ה׳. מְלַמֵּד שֶׁאֵין לַכֹּהֲנִים אֶלָּא לְאַחַר מַתְּנוֹת הָאִשִּׁים. (תוֹרַת כֹּהֲנִים).

Type of Learning

Textual sequence — the phrase “from the offerings of the LORD” teaches that the priests receive their portion only after the sacrificial portions have been given on the altar.

What Is Learned

This Torah Temimah teaching derives a specific halakhic or interpretive point from the wording of Vayikra 10:13.