Shelach 15:3 · unit 7 — why state appointed times

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… or in your appointed times…

Chabad.org — 15:3

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Menachos 91a — necessity of “in your appointed times.”

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לָמָּה לִי דִּכְתַב רַחֲמָנָא ״אוֹ בְּמוֹעֲדֵיכֶם״? סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ אָמֵינָא הֵיכִי דְּמַיְיתֵי עוֹלָה וּשְׁלָמִים בְּנֶדֶר אוֹ עוֹלָה וּשְׁלָמִים בִּנְדָבָה…

English: Why did the Merciful One write “or in your appointed times”? You might have said only when one brings olah and shelamim as a vow or as freewill…

Type of Learning

Closing a mistaken limitation.

What Is Learned

Festival offerings need their own phrase so they are not left out of nesachim.