Derasha 2 on Vayikra 2:3

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 2 · Passuk 3

The Complete Passuk

וְהַנּוֹתֶ֙רֶת֙ מִן־הַמִּנְחָ֔ה לְאַהֲרֹ֖ן וּלְבָנָ֑יו קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים מֵאִשֵּׁ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Menachos 9b (verified).

E-Daf — Menachos 9b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְהַנּוֹתֶרֶת מִן־הַמִּנְחָה — וְלֹא הַנּוֹתֶרֶת מִן הַנּוֹתֶרֶת… שְׁיָרִים שֶׁחָסְרוּ בֵּין קְמִיצָה לְהַקְטָרָה אֲסוּרִים בַּאֲכִילָה.

English: “And the remainder of the mincha” — and not the remainder of a remainder… remnants that became deficient between kemitzah and haktarah are forbidden to eat.

On the daf / in context: R’ Yochanan’s reading: if the bulk shrinks after the kometz was taken but before it was burned, burning the kometz does not permit those deficient shirayim. The passuk speaks of remainder of the (original) mincha, not remainder of a damaged remainder.

Type of Learning

R’ Eliezer #2 (מיעוט) — “of the mincha” excludes a deficient remainder.

What Is Learned

If the leftover flour is reduced between kemitzah and burning, the kohanim may not eat it even after the kometz is offered.