EXTRA 1 — Vayikra 2:4 · Sifra / Menachos

Extra Credit · Toras Kohanim & Menachos

The Complete Passuk

וְכִֽי־תַקְרִ֥ב קָרְבַּ֖ן מִנְחָ֣ה מַאֲפֵ֣ה תַנּ֑וּר סֹ֣לֶת חַלּ֤וֹת מַצֹּת֙ בְּלוּלֹ֣ת בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן וּרְקִיקֵ֥י מַצּ֖וֹת מְשֻׁחִ֥ים בַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃

If you bring a meal-offering baked in the oven — fine flour, cakes of matzah mixed with oil, and wafers of matzah smeared with oil.

Source

Sifra / parallel in Menachos on the two products of the oven.

The Midrash (longer context)

Core Text
מִנַּיִן לְאוֹמֵר ״הֲרֵי עָלַי מִנְחַת מַאֲפֵה תַנּוּר״ שֶׁלֹּא יָבִיא מֶחֱצָה חַלּוֹת וּמֶחֱצָה רְקִיקִין? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״קָרְבָּן״ — קָרְבָּן אֶחָד הוּא מֵבִיא, וְאֵינוֹ מֵבִיא חַלּוֹת וּרְקִיקִין.

English: Whence that one who vows “I undertake an oven-baked meal-offering” may not bring half cakes and half wafers? From the word “offering” — he brings one offering, and does not bring cakes and wafers together.

In Sifra / Menachos: Challos and rekikin are two distinct species of oven product. A single vow for “ma’afeh tanur” must be fulfilled with one species only, not a mixture of the two.

Type of Learning

Custom (species integrity within a single vow).

What Is Learned

Oven-baked mincha comes in two non-interchangeable forms; a vow for one form cannot be satisfied by mixing cakes and wafers.