Derasha 8 on Vayikra 2:2

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 2 · Unit 8 of 11

The Complete Passuk

וֶֽהֱבִיאָ֗הּ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹן֮ הַכֹּהֲנִים֒ וְקָמַ֣ץ מִשָּׁ֡ם מְלֹ֣א קֻמְצ֣וֹ מִסׇּלְתָּ֣הּ וּמִשַּׁמְנָהּ֩ עַ֨ל כׇּל־לְבֹנָתָ֜הּ וְהִקְטִ֣יר הַכֹּהֵ֗ן אֶת־אַזְכָּרָתָהּ֙ הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָה אִשֵּׁ֛ה רֵ֥יחַ נִיחֹ֖חַ לַיהֹוָֽה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Toras Kohanim (Sifra), Vayikra Dibbura DeNedavah, on 2:2 (misoltah — not another’s).

Sefaria — Sifra / Toras Kohanim, Vayikra Dibbura DeNedavah

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Toras Kohanim (Sifra), Vayikra Dibbura DeNedavah
״מִסׇּלְתָּהּ״ — וְלֹא מִסׇּלֶת חֲבֵרְתָּהּ.

English: “From its fine flour” — and not from the fine flour of its fellow [minchah].

In Sifra: The possessive “its” excludes taking the handful from flour that belongs to a different minchah that became mixed with it.

Type of Learning

Miyut against taking the kometz from a mixed second minchah — the flour must be of this offering alone.

What Is Learned

Kemitzah must be from this minchah’s own flour, not from another that became mixed with it. The Sifra reads “from its fine flour” as requiring that the handful be drawn exclusively from the flour of the offering under discussion.