Derasha 2 on Vayikra 2:3

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 3 · Unit 2 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 Menachos 9b.

E-Daf.com — Menachos 9b
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Menachos 9b
שִׁירַיִם שֶׁחָסְרוּ בֵּין קְמִיצָה לְהַקְטָרָה אֲסוּרִים בַּאֲכִילָה, דַּאֲמַר קְרָא ״וְהַנּוֹתֶרֶת מִן הַמִּנְחָה״ — וְלֹא הַנּוֹתֶרֶת מִן הַשִּׁירַיִם.

English: Remainders that diminished between kemitzah and hakatarah are forbidden to eat, as the verse says “and the remainder from the minchah” — and not the remainder from [already reduced] remainders.

In the sugya: The verse speaks of the remainder that comes from the original minchah, not from a quantity that has already been reduced after the handful was taken.

Type of Learning

Miyut of depleted shirayim — remainders that shrank between kemitzah and hakatarah may not be eaten.

What Is Learned

If the leftover flour is reduced before the kometz is burned, it may not be eaten. The Torah’s language “the remainder from the minchah” is taken to exclude flour that has already been diminished after the handful was removed but before the memorial portion was offered.