Derasha 80 on Vayikra 10:16

TT #80 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 16

The Complete Passuk

וְאֵ֣ת שְׂעִ֣יר הַֽחַטָּ֗את דָּר֥שׁ דָּרַ֛שׁ משֶׁ֖ה וְהִנֵּ֣ה שׂרָ֑ף וַ֠יִּקְצֹ֠ף עַל־אֶלְעָזָ֤ר וְעַל־אִֽיתָמָר֙ בְּנֵ֣י אַֽהֲרֹ֔ן הַנּֽוֹתָרִ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר:

Chabad.org — Vayikra Chapter 10 with Rashi

English: “The sons of Aaron who remained”: the wording teaches that Aaron too was subject to the anger at that moment.

Source Citation

Sifra (Toras Kohanim), Shemini, Chapter 2, Section 3.

Sefaria — Sifra, Shemini, Chapter 2

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן הַנּוֹתָרִים. בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן – מְלַמֵּד שֶׁאַף אַהֲרֹן הָיָה בַּקָּצֶף.

Type of Learning

Textual inference — The Chazal derives the teaching from the wording, comparison, or narrative context of the verse.

What Is Learned

This Torah Temimah note derives a practical or interpretive teaching from the wording of Vayikra 10:16, connecting the verse to the cited rabbinic source.