Derasha 5 on Vayikra 2:5

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 5 · Unit 5 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״ — הֲוֵי אוֹתָהּ: מִכָּאן לְכָל הַמְּנָחוֹת שֶׁנִּלּוֹשׁוֹת בְּפוֹשְׁרִין וּמְשַׁמְּרָן שֶׁלֹּא יַחְמִיצוּ.

English: “It shall be matzah” — make it so: from here that all menachos are kneaded with lukewarm water and watched so they do not leaven.

In the sugya: The requirement to keep the dough unleavened generates the practical rules for kneading temperature and continuous guarding.

Type of Learning

Custom of lukewarm dough and guarding — the unleavened requirement is implemented by controlled kneading and supervision.

What Is Learned

Minchah dough is worked in tepid water and guarded against rising. From the Torah’s insistence that the offering “shall be matzah,” the Sages derive the universal practice for all menachos: knead with lukewarm water and keep continuous watch so that no leavening occurs.