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The Complete Passuk

וְכִ֧י תִזְבְּח֛וּ זֶ֥בַח שְׁלָמִ֖ים לַיהֹוָ֑ה לִרְצֹנְכֶ֖ם תִּזְבָּחֻֽהוּ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah · Menachos 110a.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
מַהוּ לִרְצוֹנְכֶם? אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, לֹא לִרְצוֹנִי אַתֶּם זוֹבְחִים אֶלָּא לִרְצוֹנְכֶם.

English: What is “for your will”? The Holy One, blessed be He, said to Israel: You do not slaughter for My need, but for your will — so that you may have kapparah.

Type of Learning

Korbanos serve Israel’s kapparah, not divine need

What Is Learned

The phrasing teaches that offerings are commanded for the benefit of the offerer, not because Hashem requires them.