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Derasha 4 on Vayikra 2:5

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 5 · Unit 4 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 53a.

E-Daf.com — Menachos 53a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Menachos 53a
״מַצָּה תִהְיֶה״ — יָכוֹל לְמִצְוָה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״תִהְיֶה״ — לְעַכֵּב.

English: “It shall be matzah” — might this be only preferred? The verse says “it shall be” — to make it indispensable.

In the sugya: The absolute language of the verse elevates the unleavened requirement from a preferred practice to an indispensable condition.

Type of Learning

Diyuk of tihyeh as me’akev — the unleavened state is required, not merely preferred.

What Is Learned

Unleavened state is required; leaven invalidates. The Torah’s insistence “it shall be matzah” is read as establishing an absolute condition: any leavening of the machavas minchah renders it invalid.

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