Derasha 5 on Vayikra 2:14

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 14 · Unit 5 of 9

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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 Menachos 66b.

E-Daf.com — Menachos 66b
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Menachos 66b

״אָבִיב קָלוּי בָּאֵשׁ גֶּרֶשׂ״ — אֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ אִם אָבִיב קָלוּי אוֹ גֶּרֶשׂ קָלוּי; כְּשֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר ״בָּאֵשׁ״ — הִפְסִיק הָעִנְיָן.

English: “Aviv roasted in fire, crushed” — I do not know if the aviv is roasted or the crushed grain is roasted; when it says “in fire” it interrupts the matter.

In the sugya: The placement of “in fire” separates the roasting from the subsequent crushing stage.

Type of Learning

Parsing of kalui vs geres — roasting attaches to the aviv stage, not to the crushed product.

What Is Learned

The roasting attaches to the aviv stage, not to the crushed product. The intervening phrase “in fire” is read as interrupting the sequence so that the roasting is of the early grain itself, before it is crushed.

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