Derasha 84 on Vayikra 10:19

TT #84 · 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 today”: today is forbidden while the following night is permitted; from here the Sages derive that the Torah’s mourning period applies during the day.

Source Citation

Sifra (Toras Kohanim), Shemini, Chapter 2.

Sefaria — Sifra, Shemini, Chapter 2

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְאָכַלְתִּי חַטָּאת הַיּוֹם. הַיּוֹם אָסוּר וְהַלַּיְלָה מֻתָּר, מִכָּאן לְאָנִינוּת מִן הַתּוֹרָה שֶׁאֵינָהּ נוֹהֶגֶת אֶלָּא בַּיּוֹם.

Type of Learning

Textual limitation — 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.