Derasha 1 on Vayikra 2:3

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 3 · Unit 1 of 4

The Complete Passuk

וְהַנּוֹתֶ֙רֶת֙ מִן־הַמִּנְחָ֔ה לְאַהֲרֹ֖ן וּלְבָנָ֑יו קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים מֵאִשֵּׁ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sotah 15a.

E-Daf.com — Sotah 15a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sotah 15a
מֵאֵימָתַי הַשִּׁירַיִם נֶאֱכָלִין? מִשֶּׁקָּרַב הַקֹּמֶץ, דִּכְתִיב ״וְהִקְטִיר הַכֹּהֵן״ וַהֲדַר ״וְהַנּוֹתֶרֶת לְאַהֲרֹן וּלְבָנָיו״.

English: From when may the remainders be eaten? From when the kometz has been offered, as it is written “and the kohen shall cause to go up in smoke” and then “and the remainder… to Aharon and his sons.”

In the sugya: The sequence of the verses places the permission to eat the remainders only after the memorial portion has been burned.

Type of Learning

Diyuk of order after hakatarah — the remainders become permitted only once the kometz has gone up in smoke.

What Is Learned

Shirayim become permitted only after the kometz is burned. The Torah first requires the kohen to cause the memorial portion to go up in smoke and only afterward speaks of the remainder belonging to Aharon and his sons, teaching that the leftovers may not be eaten until the hakatarah has been completed.