Derasha 42 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 on the phrase korban minchah.

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Core Text

Core Text
קרבן מנחה — מלמד שמתנדבין שמן

English: “An offering, a meal-offering” — this teaches that one may volunteer oil alone.

Type of Learning

Yittur lashon (superfluous wording) — the extra word korban beside minchah is not needed for the plain sense and is therefore available for derashah.

What Is Learned

One may donate oil by itself as a freewill gift (not less than a log), even without flour. The doubled language “korban minchah” opens the door to volunteering components of the meal-offering separately.

Audio (Daf Yomi):
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