Derasha 6 on Vayikra 2:12

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 12 · Unit 6 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 Zevachim 37a.

E-Daf.com — Zevachim 37a
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 37a
״לֹא יַעֲלוּ לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ״ — לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ אִי אַתָּה מַעֲלֶה אוֹתָם, אֲבָל אַתָּה מַעֲלֶה אוֹתָם לְשֵׁם עֵצִים.

English: “They shall not go up as a pleasing aroma” — as a pleasing aroma you may not bring them up, but you may bring them up as [ordinary] wood.

In the sugya: The ban is limited to the purpose of the ascent: offering-aroma is forbidden, ordinary fuel is not.

Type of Learning

Miyut of purpose of ascent — barred as reiach nichoach, permitted as mere wood.

What Is Learned

Leaven and honey are barred as an offering-aroma, not as mere fuel. The verse’s restriction “as a pleasing aroma” leaves open the possibility of using them as ordinary wood on the fire, provided they are not offered as a reiach nichoach.