Derasha 27 on Vayikra 12:3

TT #27 · 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
תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״עָרְלָתוֹ״ — וַדַּאי דּוֹחֶה אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת, וְלֹא סָפֵק דּוֹחֶה אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת.

English: The Sages taught: A definite circumcision obligation overrides Shabbos, but a doubtful case does not.

Type of Learning

Limitation by textual precision

What Is Learned

Circumcision may override Shabbos only when the obligation is definite, not when the case is doubtful.