Derasha 1 on Vayikra 2:14

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 14 · Unit 1 of 9

The Complete Passuk

וְאִם־תַּקְרִ֛יב מִנְחַ֥ת בִּכּוּרִ֖ים לַיהֹוָ֑ה אָבִ֞יב קָל֤וּי בָּאֵשׁ֙ גֶּ֣רֶשׂ כַּרְמֶ֔ל תַּקְרִ֕יב אֵ֖ת מִנְחַ֥ת בִּכּוּרֶֽיךָ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Toras Kohanim (Sifra), Vayikra Dibbura DeNedavah, on 2:14.

Sefaria — Sifra / Toras Kohanim, Vayikra Dibbura DeNedavah

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Toras Kohanim (Sifra), Vayikra Dibbura DeNedavah
מִכָּאן הָיָה רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: עֲתִידָה מִנְחַת בִּכּוּרִים לְהִפָּסֵק וְלַחֲזֹר.

English: From here Rabbi Yehudah would say: The minchah of first-fruits is destined to be interrupted and to return.

In Sifra: The future tense of the command is read as implying both interruption and restoration of the bikkurim minchah.

Type of Learning

Derashah of future interruption — the bikkurim minchah will cease and later return.

What Is Learned

The bikkurim minchah will cease and later be restored. Rabbi Yehudah derives from this verse that the offering of first-fruits is destined to be interrupted and then to return.