Shelach 15:19 · unit 1 — bread of the land

Parashas Shelach · Aliyah 6 · Passuk 19

The Complete Passuk

וְהָיָ֕ה בַּאֲכׇלְכֶ֖ם מִלֶּ֣חֶם הָאָ֑רֶץ תָּרִ֥ימוּ תְרוּמָ֖ה לַיהֹוָֽה׃

And it shall be, when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall set aside a gift to Hashem.

Torah Temimah on מלחם הארץ: only the five species that make bread.

Core Text

מִלֶּחֶם הָאָרֶץ — מִן הַחֲמִשָּׁה מִינִים.

English: “Of the bread of the land” — from the five species.

Limitation to grain species that form bread.

Challah attaches to dough of wheat, barley, spelt, oats, and rye — the five bread grains.