Vayikra 5:11 · unit 4

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 7 · Passuk 5:11 · Unit 4 of 11

Complete Passuk

וְאִם־לֹא תַשִּׂיג יָדוֹ לִשְׁתֵּי תֹרִים אוֹ לִשְׁנֵי בְּנֵי־יוֹנָה וְהֵבִיא אֶת־קָרְבָּנוֹ אֲשֶׁר חָטָא עֲשִׂירִת הָאֵיפָה סֹלֶת לְחַטָּאת לֹא־יָשִׂים עָלֶיהָ שֶׁמֶן וְלֹא־יִתֵּן עָלֶיהָ לְבֹנָה כִּי חַטָּאת הִיא׃

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Menachos 60a.

E-Daf · Menachos 60a

Core Text
לֹא יָשִׂים עָלֶיהָ שֶׁמֶן — נָתַן שֶׁמֶן עַל שְׁיָרֶיהָ אֵינוֹ עוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה; בְּגוּפָהּ שֶׁל מִנְחָה הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר.

“He shall not put oil upon it” — if he put oil on its leftovers (after kemitzah), he does not transgress a negative commandment; Scripture is speaking of the body of the minchah itself (the kometz that is offered).

In the sugya: The lav “lo yasim” is limited to the portion of the flour that will be burned on the altar. Oil added only to the sheyarei minchah (the remainder eaten by the kohanim) does not trigger the prohibition.

Type of Learning

Miyut of “aleha” to the offered portion — the lav attaches to the flour that is to be burned, not to the remainder.

What Is Learned

Oil mixed into the sheyarei minchah after the kometz has been removed does not trigger the prohibition. The ban targets only oil on the portion destined for the fire. The Torah’s language “upon it” is read as referring to the body of the offering that ascends the altar.