Derasha 1 on Vayikra 2:9

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 9

The Complete Passuk

וְהֵרִ֨ים הַכֹּהֵ֤ן מִן־הַמִּנְחָה֙ אֶת־אַזְכָּרָתָ֔הּ וְהִקְטִ֖יר הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה אִשֵּׁ֛ה רֵ֥יחַ נִיחֹ֖חַ לַיהֹוָֽה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Menachos 61a (verified).

E-Daf — Menachos 61a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְהֵרִים הַכֹּהֵן — יָכוֹל בִּכְלִי? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (צו) וְהֵרִים מִמֶּנּוּ בְּקֻמְצוֹ — מַה לְּהַלָּן בְּקֻמְצוֹ, אַף כָּאן בְּקֻמְצוֹ.

English: “And the kohen shall separate” — might one think [it may be done] with a utensil? The Torah states (Tzav) “he shall separate from it with his handful” — just as there it is with his handful, so here with his handful.

On the daf / in context: Gezerah shavah of “heirim” blocks the idea of a pre-sized scoop; kemitzah is always the kohen’s own hand.

Type of Learning

R’ Yishmael #2 / Eliezer #7 (גזירה שוה).

What Is Learned

Separating the azkarah is done by hand (the kohen’s kometz), not with a measuring vessel.