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Derasha 2 on Vayikra 2:9

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 9 · Unit 2 of 2

The Complete Passuk

וְהֵרִ֨ים הַכֹּהֵ֤ן מִן־הַמִּנְחָה֙ אֶת־אַזְכָּ֣רָתָ֔הּ וְהִקְטִ֖יר הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה אִשֵּׁ֛ה רֵ֥יחַ נִיחֹ֖חַ לַיהֹוָֽה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Menachos 61a.

E-Daf.com — Menachos 61a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Menachos 61a

״אֶת אַזְכָּרָתָהּ״ — מִכָּאן שֶׁהַקֹּמֶץ וְהַלְּבוֹנָה הֵם הָאַזְכָּרָה.

English: “Its memorial portion” — from here that the kometz and the frankincense are the azkarah.

In the sugya: The term azkarah is defined as the combination of the handful and the frankincense that go up on the altar.

Type of Learning

Definition of azkarah — the memorial portion consists of the kometz together with the levonah.

What Is Learned

What goes up on the altar as the memorial is the handful together with the levonah. The Torah’s designation “its memorial portion” is understood to identify the azkarah as the combined offering of the kometz and the frankincense.

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