Derasha 86 on Vayikra 10:20

TT #86 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 20

The Complete Passuk

וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע משֶׁ֔ה וַיִּיטַ֖ב בְּעֵינָֽיו:

Chabad.org — Vayikra Chapter 10 with Rashi

English: “Moshe heard”: the strictness that caused Moshe to err was itself caused by the fact that he had become strict in the matter; the passage teaches the danger of misplaced severity.

Source Citation

Zevachim 101b.

E-Daf.com — Zevachim 101b (Tsurras Hadaf)

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וַיִּשְׁמַע מֹשֶׁה. קָשָׁה הַהַקְפָּדָה שֶׁגָּרְמָה לוֹ לְמֹשֶׁה לִטְעוֹת, וּמִי גָּרַם לוֹ שֶׁהִקְפִּיד – עַל שֶׁטָּעָה.

Type of Learning

Ethical 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.