Derasha 83 on Vayikra 10:19

TT #83 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 19

The Complete Passuk

וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר אַֽהֲרֹ֜ן אֶל־משֶׁ֗ה הֵ֣ן הַ֠יּ֠וֹם הִקְרִ֨יבוּ אֶת־חַטָּאתָ֤ם וְאֶת־עֹֽלָתָם֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה וַתִּקְרֶ֥אנָה אֹתִ֖י כָּאֵ֑לֶּה וְאָכַ֤לְתִּי חַטָּאת֙ הַיּ֔וֹם הַיִּיטַ֖ב בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהֹוָֽה:

Chabad.org — Vayikra Chapter 10 with Rashi

English: “I would have eaten the sin-offering”: the verse does not say “I would have offered the sin-offering,” but “I would have eaten it,” teaching that the High Priest may offer while in mourning.

Source Citation

Rashi on Moed Katan 14b.

E-Daf.com — Moed Katan 14b (Tsurras Hadaf)

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְאָכַלְתִּי חַטָּאת. וְהִקְרַבְתִּי חַטָּאת לֹא נֶאֱמַר אֶלָּא וְאָכַלְתִּי חַטָּאת, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁכֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל מַקְרִיב כְּשֶׁהוּא אוֹנֵן.

Type of Learning

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

What Is Learned

This Torah Temimah teaching explains a specific halakhic or interpretive consequence of the verse's wording.