Derasha 1 on Vayikra 3:16

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 16 · Unit 1 of 2

The Complete Passuk

וְהִקְטִירָ֥ם הַכֹּהֵ֖ן הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה לֶ֤חֶם אִשֶּׁה֙ לְרֵ֣יחַ נִיחֹ֔חַ כׇּל־חֵ֖לֶב לַיהֹוָֽה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Toras Kohanim (Sifra) on 3:16.

Sefaria — Sifra / Toras Kohanim

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Toras Kohanim (Sifra) on 3:16
״אִשֶּׁה לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ״ — עַיֵּין מַה שֶּׁכָּתוּב לְמַעְלָה בְּדִרְשַׁת אִשֶּׁה רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ.

English: “A fire-offering for a pleasing aroma” — see what is written above in the derashah of isheh reiach nichoach.

In the midrash: As at 3:11, the Sifra points back to the earlier treatment of the isheh / reiach nichoach language.

Type of Learning

Cross-reference to 3:5 — the language here continues the isheh/reiach pairing of earlier verses.

What Is Learned

The language here continues the isheh/reiach pairing of earlier verses. The Sifra again treats the formulation as continuous with the derashah already developed for 3:5, so that the interpretive conclusions reached there govern the reading of this verse as well. The sacrificial fat remains both a fire-offering and a pleasing aroma throughout the chapter.