Derasha 5 on Vayikra 2:1

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 1 · Unit 5 of 7

The Complete Passuk

וְנֶ֗פֶשׁ כִּֽי־תַקְרִ֞יב קָרְבַּ֤ן מִנְחָה֙ לַֽיהֹוָ֔ה סֹ֖לֶת יִהְיֶ֣ה קָרְבָּנ֑וֹ וְיָצַ֤ק עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ שֶׁ֔מֶן וְנָתַ֥ן עָלֶ֖יהָ לְבֹנָֽה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Menachos 106b.

E-Daf.com — Menachos 106b
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Menachos 106b
״קָרְבַּן מִנְחָה״ — מְלַמֵּד שֶׁמִּתְנַדְּבִין עֵצִים.

English: “An offering of minchah” — this teaches that one may vow wood.

In the sugya: Parallel to the oil derasha, the same phrase is read to permit a free-will gift of wood, with further support from Nechemiah’s wood-offering lots.

Type of Learning

Ribbuy of wood as a free-will gift — wood may be vowed as a standalone offering.

What Is Learned

Wood may be donated as a standalone vow. The language “an offering of minchah” teaches that wood itself can be the object of a free-will gift, a reading reinforced by the historical practice of the wood-offering lots in Nechemiah.