Ki Savo 26:4 · unit 1

Parashas Ki Savo · Passuk 26:4

The Complete Passuk

וְלָקַ֧ח הַכֹּהֵ֛ן הַטֶּ֖נֶא מִיָּדֶ֑ךָ וְהִ֨נִּיח֔וֹ לִפְנֵ֕י מִזְבַּ֖ח יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃

And the kohen shall take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of Hashem your God.

Chabad.org — 26:4

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yerushalmi Bikkurim 1:7 / Sifrei.

Sefaria — Yerushalmi Bikkurim

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן הַטֶּנֶא מִיָּדֶךָ — מִלַּמֵּד שֶׁהַבְּעָלִים מוֹשִׁיטִין אֶת הַטֶּנֶא לַכֹּהֵן, וְהַכֹּהֵן מֵנִיחוֹ לִפְנֵי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ. וְהִנִּיחוֹ — בִּתְנוּפָה.

English: “And the kohen shall take the basket from your hand” — this teaches that the owners hand the basket to the kohen, and the kohen sets it down before the altar. “And set it down” — with tenufah (waving).

In Sifrei / Yerushalmi: The transfer is a formal act: the bringer presents, the kohen receives and places (with the waving rite) before the altar. The verse fixes both the actor and the location.

Type of Learning

Custom (procedural sequence of the basket).

What Is Learned

The kohen, not the bringer, places the basket before the altar; the act includes tenufah.