Shelach 15:20 · unit 1 — measure of your dough

Parashas Shelach · Aliyah 6 · Passuk 20

The Complete Passuk

רֵאשִׁית֙ עֲרִסֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם חַלָּ֖ה תָּרִ֣ימוּ תְרוּמָ֑ה כִּתְרוּמַ֣ת גֹּ֔רֶן כֵּ֖ן תָּרִ֥ימוּ אֹתָֽהּ׃

The first of your dough, a loaf, you shall set aside as a gift; like the gift of the threshing floor, so shall you set it aside.

Chabad.org — 15:20

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Eruvin 83b — quantity is the desert omer-measure of dough.

Sefaria — Eruvin 83b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״רֵאשִׁית עֲרִיסוֹתֵיכֶם״ — כְּדֵי עִיסּוֹתֵיהֶם. וְכַמָּה עִיסּוֹתֵיכֶם? כְּדֵי עִיסַּת מִדְבָּר.

English: Our Rabbis taught: “The first of your doughs” — according to the measure of their doughs. And how much is your dough? The measure of the desert dough.

Type of Learning

Minimum dough size from the manna omer.

What Is Learned

Challah is required from a dough the size of the desert omer (about 43 and a fifth eggs’ volume).

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