Derasha 2 on Vayikra 2:4

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 4 · Unit 2 of 4

The Complete Passuk

וְכִ֥י תַקְרִ֛ב קָרְבַּ֥ן מִנְחָ֖ה מַאֲפֵ֣ה תַנּ֑וּר סֹ֣לֶת חַלּ֤וֹת מַצֹּת֙ בְּלוּלֹ֣ת בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן וּרְקִיקֵ֥י מַצּ֖וֹת מְשֻׁחִ֥ים בַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Menachos 63a.

E-Daf.com — Menachos 63a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Menachos 63a
אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה: פְּנַק לְאוֹמֵר הֲרֵי עָלַי מִנְחַת מַאֲפֶה שֶׁלֹּא יָבִיא מֶחֱצָה חַלּוֹת וּמֶחֱצָה רְקִיקִין, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״קָרְבַּן מִנְחָה״ — קָרְבָּן אֶחָד אָמַרְתִּי וְלֹא שְׁנַיִם אוֹ שָׁלֹשׁ.

English: Rabbi Yehudah said: Soften [the rule] for one who says “I am obligated to an oven-baked minchah” so that he not bring half loaves and half wafers; the verse says “an offering of minchah” — one offering I said, and not two or three.

In the sugya: A single vow of an oven-baked minchah is treated as one offering that must be fulfilled in a single form, not a hybrid of challos and rekikin.

Type of Learning

Miyut against mixing challos and rekikin in one vow — the vow is for one offering, not a combination of two types.

What Is Learned

A single oven-minchah vow is fulfilled with either challos or rekikin, not a mixed half-and-half. Rabbi Yehudah reads “an offering of minchah” as requiring one coherent offering; the donor may not discharge the vow by bringing half loaves and half wafers.