Shelach 15:3 · unit 9 — or from the flock

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׃

…from the herd or from the flock.

Chabad.org — 15:3

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Menachos 91a — separate nesachim for each animal of the same species.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לָמָּה לִי דִּכְתַב רַחֲמָנָא ״אוֹ מִן הַצֹּאן״? סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ אָמֵינָא הָנֵי מִילֵּי בִּתְרֵי מִינֵי, אֲבָל בְּחַד מִינָא דִּבְבַת אַחַת תִּסְגֵּי לֵיהּ בִּנְסָכִים דְּחַד — קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן.

English: Why did the Merciful One write “or from the flock”? You might have said this applies only to two species, but within one species brought together one set of nesachim would suffice — this teaches otherwise.

Type of Learning

Per-animal nesachim within one species.

What Is Learned

Each animal needs its own nesachim even when several of one species are brought together.