Derasha 40 on Vayikra 2:1

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 2 · Passuk 1

The Complete Passuk

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

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Menachot 104b / Toras Kohanim on the word nefesh.

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Core Text

Core Text
ונפש — קרבנו ולא שותפות

English: “A soul” — his offering, and not a partnership.

Type of Learning

Ribbui u-mi’ut (inclusion and exclusion) from the unusual word nefesh (instead of adam or ish).

What Is Learned

Unlike freewill animal offerings, which may be brought in partnership, a freewill meal-offering is brought by a single person. The word nefesh (singular “soul”) teaches that partnership is excluded for the minchah.

Audio (Daf Yomi):
dafyomi.org — Menachot
YICC / Rav Etshalom series