Derasha 1 on Vayikra 2:1

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 2 · Passuk 1

The Complete Passuk

וְנֶ֗פֶשׁ כִּֽי־תַקְרִ֞יב קָרְבַּ֤ן מִנְחָה֙ לַֽיהֹוָ֔ה סֹ֖לֶת יִהְיֶ֣ה קָרְבָּנ֑וֹ וְיָצַ֤ק עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ שֶׁ֔מֶן וְנָתַ֥ן עָלֶ֖יהָ לְבֹנָֽה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Menachos 104b (verified).

E-Daf — Menachos 104b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תָּנֵי: הַכֹּל בָּאִין בְּשֻׁתָּפוּת… דִּכְתִיב (אמור) לְכָל נִדְרֵיהֶם וּלְכָל נִדְבוֹתָם אֲשֶׁר יַקְרִיבוּ… וְלֹא סִלֵּק הַכָּתוּב אֶלָּא מִנְחָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בָּהּ נֶפֶשׁ.

English: A baraisa: All [voluntary offerings] may come in partnership… as it is written (Emor) “for all their vows and all their freewill offerings that they shall bring”… and Scripture set aside only the mincha, of which it says “a soul (nefesh).”

On the daf / in context: The sugya pairs a general rule (voluntary offerings in partnership from the plural “they shall bring”) with a singular exception: mincha is introduced by nefesh, so it is not brought jointly.

Type of Learning

R’ Eliezer #2 (מיעוט) — singular nefesh excludes partnership for mincha.

What Is Learned

Voluntary animal offerings may be shared among partners; a meal-offering may not, because the Torah frames it as the act of a single nefesh.