Derasha 6 on Behaalosecha 9:13
Parashas Behaalosecha · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 13
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וְהָאִ֞ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־ה֣וּא טָה֗וֹר וּבְדֶ֙רֶךְ֙ לֹא־הָיָ֔ה וְחָדַל֙ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת הַפֶּ֔סַח וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מֵֽעַמֶּ֑יהָ כִּ֣י ׀ קׇרְבַּ֣ן יְהֹוָ֗ה לֹ֤א הִקְרִיב֙ בְּמֹ֣עֲד֔וֹ חֶטְא֥וֹ יִשָּׂ֖א הָאִ֥ישׁ הַהֽוּא׃
Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi
Source Citation
Torah Temimah: “האיש ההוא” excludes a minor from kares.
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
וְהָאִ֞ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־ה֣וּא טָה֗וֹר … חֶטְא֥וֹ יִשָּׂ֖א הָאִ֥ישׁ הַהֽוּא׃ — לְמַעֵט קָטָן מִכָּרֵת.
English: “And the man who is tahor… that man shall bear his sin” — to exclude a minor from kares.
Type of Learning
Exclusion of the minor — even though a minor who matures may be obligated in the second, he is not in the kares net for the first.
What Is Learned
Punishment tracks adult capacity; the verse’s “ish” keeps the minor outside the penalty.