Derasha 22 on Vayikra 12:3

TT #22 · 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 Yerushalmi Kiddushin 1:7.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Yerushalmi Kiddushin 1:7
מכאן שהאב מצוה על בנו למולו.

English: From here we learn that the father is commanded to circumcise his son.

Type of Learning

Textual inference

What Is Learned

The Torah's circumcision command is assigned to the father.