Derasha 2 on Vayikra 1:16

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 2 · Passuk 16

The Complete Passuk

וְהֵסִ֥יר אֶת־מֻרְאָת֖וֹ בְּנֹצָתָ֑הּ וְהִשְׁלִ֞יךְ אֹתָ֤הּ אֵ֙צֶל֙ הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ קֵ֖דְמָה אֶל־מְק֥וֹם הַדָּֽשֶׁן׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Meilah 12a (verified; place of the ashes includes inner-altar and menorah ashes).

E-Daf — Tsurras Hadaf

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֶל מְקוֹם הַדָּשֶׁן — מְלַמֵּד שֶׁמִּצְוָה לְדַשֵּׁן הַמִּזְבֵּחַ… תְּנֵהוּ עִנְיָן לְמִזְבַּח הַפְּנִימִי… מִנּוֹרָה מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר הַדָּשֶׁן.

English: “To the place of the ashes” — teaches that it is a mitzvah to clear the altar of ashes… apply it to the inner altar… From where the menorah? The Torah states “the ashes.”

Type of Learning

Custom (extra force of the definite article / placement language).

What Is Learned

Ashes from the inner altar and the menorah are also deposited at the eastern place of ashes by the outer altar.