Reeh 15:21 · unit 3

TT #356 · Parashas Reeh · Sixth Aliyah · Passuk 15:21

The Complete Passuk

וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶ֨ה ב֜וֹ מ֗וּם פִּסֵּ֙חַ֙ א֣וֹ עִוֵּ֔ר כֹּ֖ל מ֣וּם רָ֑ע לֹ֣א תִזְבָּחֶ֔נּוּ לַיהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃

And if there be any blemish in it, lameness or blindness, any serious blemish, you shall not sacrifice it to Hashem your God.

Chabad.org — 15:21

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bekhoros.

Sefaria — Bekhoros

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כׇּל מוּם רָע – אֵין לִי אֶלָּא שֶׁנּוֹלַד תָּמִים וְנַעֲשָׂה בַּעַל מוּם, נוֹלַד בַּעַל מוּם מִמְּעֵי אִמּוֹ מִנַּיִן, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר כׇּל מוּם רָע.

English: "Any serious blemish" — I know only one that was born perfect and later became blemished; from where do I include one that was born blemished from its mother’s womb? From the verse "any serious blemish."

On the daf / in context: A firstborn that is born with a congenital defect is equally disqualified from the altar.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bekhoros) — congenital blemishes also disqualify.

What Is Learned

A firstborn born with a blemish is disqualified from the altar just as one that acquires a blemish later.