Derasha 3 on Vayikra 9:17

TT #21 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 2 · Passuk 17

The Complete Passuk

וַיַּקְרֵב֮ אֶת־הַמִּנְחָה֒ וַיְמַלֵּ֤א כַפּוֹ֙ מִמֶּ֔נָּה וַיַּקְטֵ֖ר עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ מִלְּבַ֖ד עֹלַ֥ת הַבֹּֽקֶר׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Sifra (Toras Kohanim), Shemini, Mekhilta de-Miluim II 12.

Sefaria — Sifra, Shemini, Mekhilta DeMiluim II 12

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Toras Kohanim
מִלְּבַד עֹלַת הַבֹּקֶר. מַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר? אֶלָּא מְלַמֵּד שֶׁשְּׁתֵּי מְנָחוֹת הָיוּ שָׁם, אַחַת עִם הָעוֹלָה וְאַחַת בִּפְנֵי עַצְמָהּ.

English: “Apart from the morning burnt offering.” What does this teach? It teaches that there were two meal offerings there: one together with the burnt offering and one separately.

Type of Learning

Textual inference — the apparently extra phrase “apart from the morning burnt offering” is used to establish that two distinct meal offerings were present.

What Is Learned

The verse’s qualification that the offering was made apart from the morning burnt offering teaches that there were two meal offerings: one accompanying the burnt offering and another offered independently.