Derasha 4 on Vayikra 2:12

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 12 · Unit 4 of 6

The Complete Passuk

קָרְבַּ֥ן רֵאשִׁ֛ית תַּקְרִ֥יבוּ אֹתָ֖ם לַיהֹוָ֑ה וְאֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֥חַ לֹא־יַעֲל֖וּ לְרֵ֥יחַ נִיחֹֽחַ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Menachos 58a.

E-Daf.com — Menachos 58a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Menachos 58a
יָכוֹל יְהֵא הַצִּבּוּר מְבִיאִין נִדְבַת שְׂאוֹר וּדְבַשׁ כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁמְּבִיאִין חוֹבָתָן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״תַּקְרִיבוּ אוֹתָם״ — אוֹתָם וְלֹא נְדָבָה כַּיּוֹצֵא בָּהֶם.

English: Might the community bring a free-will gift of leaven and honey as they bring their obligatory [forms]? The verse says “you shall offer them” — them, and not a free-will gift of the same kind.

In the sugya: The restrictive “them” limits the community’s leaven/honey offerings to the prescribed obligatory forms.

Type of Learning

Miyut of communal nedavah of se’or/devash — only the obligatory two loaves and bikkurim are permitted.

What Is Learned

The community’s leaven/honey forms are only the obligatory two loaves and bikkurim, not free-will parallels. The verse’s “you shall offer them” is read as excluding any additional free-will offering of the same kind.