Chukas 19:05 · unit 6 — wipe the hand on the body of the para

Parashas Chukas · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 5

The Complete Passuk

וְשָׂרַ֥ף אֶת־הַפָּרָ֖ה לְעֵינָ֑יו אֶת־עֹרָ֤הּ וְאֶת־בְּשָׂרָהּ֙ וְאֶת־דָּמָ֔הּ עַל־פִּרְשָׁ֖הּ יִשְׂרֹֽף׃

And he shall burn the heifer before his eyes; its skin, its flesh, and its blood, with its dung, he shall burn.

Chabad.org — 19:5

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Zevachim 93b — We learn that after finishing the sprinkling he wipes his hand on the body of the para, as it is said “and he shall burn the heifer before his eyes, its skin and its flesh and its blood.”

Sefaria — Zevachim 93b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
גָּמַר מִלְּהַזּוֹת מְקַנֵּחַ יָדוֹ בְּגוּפָהּ שֶׁל פָּרָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וְשָׂרַף אֶת הַפָּרָה לְעֵינָיו אֶת עוֹרָהּ וְאֶת בְּשָׂרָהּ וְאֶת דָּמָהּ.

English: We learn that after finishing the sprinkling he wipes his hand on the body of the para, as it is said “and he shall burn the heifer before his eyes, its skin and its flesh and its blood.”

Type of Learning

Derivation from the inclusion of the blood in the burning description.

What Is Learned

After completing the seven sprinklings, the Kohen wipes the residual blood from his hand onto the body of the para itself before the burning proceeds.