Derasha 2 on Metzora 14:17

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 14:17

The Complete Passuk

וּמִיֶּ֨תֶר הַשֶּׁ֜מֶן אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־כַּפּ֗וֹ יִתֵּ֤ן הַכֹּהֵן֙ עַל־תְּנ֞וּךְ אֹ֤זֶן הַמִּטַּהֵר֙ הַיְמָנִ֔ית וְעַל־בֹּ֤הֶן יָדוֹ֙ הַיְמָנִ֔ית וְעַל־בֹּ֥הֶן רַגְל֖וֹ הַיְמָנִ֑ית עַ֖ל דַּ֥ם הָאָשָֽׁם׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Toras Kohanim.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
עַל דַּם הָאָשָׁם — שֶׁיַּקְדִּים הַדָּם לַשֶּׁמֶן; אוֹ אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא אִם יֵשׁ שָׁם דָּם יִתֵּן, אֵין שָׁם דָּם לֹא יִתֵּן, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר אֶל מְקוֹם דַּם הָאָשָׁם — אֵין הַדָּם גּוֹרֵם אֶלָּא הַמָּקוֹם גּוֹרֵם.

English: “Upon the blood of the asham” — that the blood should precede the oil. Or perhaps it means only if blood is still present may he place [the oil], but if there is no blood he may not place it? Therefore the verse says “to the place of the blood of the asham” — it is not the blood that causes [the validity] but the place that causes it.

Type of Learning

Order and location

What Is Learned

Chazal teach that the oil is placed on the same spot where the blood was placed; the presence of residual blood is not required, only the correct location.