Derasha 2 on Vayikra 2:5

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 5 · Unit 2 of 5

The Complete Passuk

וְאִם־מִנְחָ֥ה עַל־הַמַּחֲבַ֖ת קָרְבָּנֶ֑ךָ סֹ֛לֶת בְּלוּלָ֥ה בַשֶּׁ֖מֶן מַצָּ֥ה תִהְיֶֽה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Menachos 34b.

E-Daf.com — Menachos 34b
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Menachos 34b
נֶאֱמַר כָּאן ״קָרְבָּנֶךָ״ וְנֶאֱמַר בְּמִנְחַת מַרְחֶשֶׁת ״קָרְבָּנֶךָ״ — מַה לְּהַלָּן מַתַּן שֶׁמֶן בִּכְלִי אַף כָּאן מַתַּן שֶׁמֶן בִּכְלִי.

English: It is said here “your offering” and of the marcheshes minchah “your offering” — just as there oil is put in the vessel, so here oil is put in the vessel.

In the sugya: The shared term “korbanecha” links the oil procedure of the machavas to that of the marcheshes.

Type of Learning

Gezerah shavah of korbanecha — the oil is placed in the vessel before mixing for both forms.

What Is Learned

Before mixing, oil is placed in the vessel for a machavas minchah as for a marcheshes. The gezerah shavah drawn from the shared word “your offering” teaches that the initial placement of oil in the vessel applies equally to the flat-pan offering.