Derasha 1 on Vayikra 2:7

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 7 · Unit 1 of 3

The Complete Passuk

וְאִם־מִנְחַ֥ת מַרְחֶ֖שֶׁת קָרְבָּנֶ֑ךָ סֹ֥לֶת בַּשֶּׁ֖מֶן תֵּעָשֶֽׂה׃

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
תָּנֵי רַבִּי חֲנִינָא בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר: הַמַּרְחֶשֶׁת עֲמֻקָּה וּמַעֲשֶׂיהָ רַכִּין.

English: It was taught, Rabbi Chanina ben Gamliel says: The marcheshes is deep and its products are soft.

In the sugya: Parallel to the definition of the machavas, the marcheshes is defined by its depth and the soft texture of its product.

Type of Learning

Definition of marcheshes — a deep vessel that yields a soft product.

What Is Learned

A deep-pan minchah yields a soft product, in contrast to the flat machavas. Rabbi Chanina ben Gamliel defines the marcheshes as a deep vessel whose products come out soft, completing the contrast with the flat, hard-product machavas.