Pinchas 28:9 · unit 2 — two lambs must be equal

Parashas Pinchas · Passuk 28:9

The Complete Passuk

וּבְיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת שְׁנֵי־כְבָשִׂים בְּנֵי־שָׁנָה תְמִימִם וּשְׁנֵי עֶשְׂרֹנִים סֹלֶת מִנְחָה בְּלוּלָה בַשֶּׁמֶן וְנִסְכּוֹ׃

And on the Sabbath day two lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering mixed with oil, and its libation.

Chabad.org — 28:9

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Yoma 62b

Sefaria — Yoma 62b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
מִעוּט כְּבָשִׂים שְׁנַיִם, וּמַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר שְׁנֵי, שֶׁיִּהְיוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם שָׁוִין.

English: The minimum of “lambs” is two; why does it say “two”? That the two of them be equal.

Type of Learning

Equality of the Shabbos pair.

What Is Learned

The two Shabbos musaf lambs must match each other.