Chukas 19:03 · unit 4 — slaughter must face the entrance of the Heichal

Parashas Chukas · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 3

The Complete Passuk

וּנְתַתֶּ֣ם אֹתָ֔הּ אֶל־אֶלְעָזָ֖ר הַכֹּהֵ֑ן וְהוֹצִ֤יא אֹתָהּ֙ אֶל־מִח֣וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וְשָׁחַ֥ט אֹתָ֖הּ לְפָנָֽיו׃

And you shall give it to Elazar the Kohen, and he shall take it outside the camp and slaughter it before him.

Chabad.org — 19:3

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Zevachim 113a — If one slaughtered the para not opposite the entrance of the Heichal it is invalid, as it says “and he shall slaughter… and he shall sprinkle,” equating its slaughter to its sprinkling: just as its sprinkling is opposite the entrance, so its slaughter is opposite the entrance.

Sefaria — Zevachim 113a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
שָׁחַט אֶת הַפָּרָה שֶׁלֹּא כְּנֶגֶד פֶּתַח הַהֵיכָל פְּסוּלָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וְשָׁחַט וְהִזָּה, מַקִּישׁ שְׁחִיטָתָהּ לְהַזָּאָתָהּ, מַה הַזָּאָתָהּ כְּנֶגֶד הַפֶּתַח אַף שְׁחִיטָתָהּ כְּנֶגֶד הַפֶּתַח.

English: If one slaughtered the para not opposite the entrance of the Heichal it is invalid, as it is said “and he shall slaughter… and he shall sprinkle,” equating its slaughter to its sprinkling: just as its sprinkling is opposite the entrance, so its slaughter is opposite the entrance.

Type of Learning

Hekesh between slaughter and sprinkling.

What Is Learned

The shechitah of the para aduma must be performed facing the entrance of the Heichal, parallel to the requirement for the blood sprinkling.