Derasha 24 on Vayikra 12:3

TT #24 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 3

The Complete Passuk

וּבַיּ֖וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִ֑י יִמּ֖וֹל בְּשַׂ֥ר עָרְלָתֽוֹ׃

English: On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Chabad.org — Chumash, English translation + Rashi for Vayikra 12:3

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Shabbos 135a.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Shabbos 135a
רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: אַנְדְּרוֹגִינוֹס דּוֹחֶה אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת, וְעָנוּשׁ כָּרֵת.

English: Rabbi Yehuda says that circumcision of an androgynos overrides Shabbos, and failure to circumcise him is punishable by karet.

Type of Learning

Limitation by textual precision

What Is Learned

Rabbi Yehuda’s minority view treats circumcision of an androgynos as a definite obligation that overrides Shabbos, in contrast to the preceding view that excludes this case.