Shelach 15:3 · unit 2 — general particular general

Parashas Shelach · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 3

The Complete Passuk

וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֨ם אִשֶּׁ֤ה לַֽיהֹוָה֙ עֹלָ֣ה אוֹ־זֶ֔בַח לְפַלֵּא־נֶ֙דֶר֙ א֣וֹ בִנְדָבָ֔ה א֖וֹ בְּמֹעֲדֵיכֶ֑ם לַעֲשׂ֞וֹת רֵ֤יחַ נִיחֹ֙חַ֙ לַֽיהֹוָ֔ה מִן־הַבָּקָ֖ר א֥וֹ מִן־הַצֹּֽאן׃

And you shall make a fire-offering to Hashem, a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering or in your appointed times…

Chabad.org — 15:3

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Menachos 91a — klal ufrat uklal on vow and freewill.

Sefaria — Menachos 91a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
״וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אִשֶּׁה לַה׳״ — כְּלָל, ״לְפַלֵּא נֶדֶר אוֹ בִנְדָבָה״ — פְּרָט, ״לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ״ — חָזַר וְכָלַל; מַה הַפְּרָט מְפֹרָשׁ שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְחֻיָּב וְעוֹמֵד, אַף כֹּל שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְחֻיָּב וְעוֹמֵד.

English: “And you shall make a fire-offering” is a general; “to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering” is a particular; “for a pleasing aroma” returns and generalizes. Just as the particular is specified as not obligatory and standing, so everything that is not obligatory and standing.

Type of Learning

Klal ufrat uklal — voluntary offerings.

What Is Learned

Nesachim follow the pattern of vow and freewill: non-obligatory offerings of that class.