Pinchas 28:2 · unit 4 — tamid comes from the communal chamber, not private gift

Parashas Pinchas · Passuk 28:2

The Complete Passuk

צַו אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם אֶת־קָרְבָּנִי לַחְמִי לְאִשַּׁי רֵיחַ נִיחֹחִי תִּשְׁמְרוּ לְהַקְרִיב לִי בְּמוֹעֲדוֹ׃

Command the children of Yisrael and say to them: My offering, My food for My fire-offerings, My pleasing aroma, you shall take care to present to Me in its appointed time.

Chabad.org — 28:2

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Menachos 65a

Sefaria — Menachos 65a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תַּנְיָא, צְדוֹקִים הָיוּ אוֹמְרִים יָחִיד מִתְנַדֵּב וּמֵבִיא תָּמִיד… וַאֲהַדְרוּ לְהוּ רַבָּנַן אֶת קָרְבָּנִי לַחְמִי לְאִשַּׁי תִּשְׁמְרוּ – שֶׁיִּהְיוּ כֻּלָּם בָּאִים מִתְּרוּמַת הַלִּשְׁכָּה.

English: It was taught: the Tzedokim used to say an individual may donate and bring the tamid… The Sages answered them: “My offering, My food for My fire-offerings, you shall take care” — that they all come from the chamber’s collection.

Type of Learning

Communal funding of the continual offering.

What Is Learned

The tamid is a public obligation funded from the terumas halishkah.