Pinchas 28:11–28:13 · EXTRA 1 — Rosh Chodesh musaf is its own count, not a doubled daily

Parashas Pinchas · EXTRA side-ring · Passuk 28:11

The Complete Passuk

וּבְרָאשֵׁי חָדְשֵׁיכֶם תַּקְרִיבוּ עֹלָה לַה׳ פָּרִים בְּנֵי־בָקָר שְׁנַיִם וְאַיִל אֶחָד כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵי־שָׁנָה שִׁבְעָה תְּמִימִם׃

On your new moons you shall present a burnt offering to Hashem: two bulls of the herd, one ram, seven lambs a year old without blemish.

Chabad.org — 28:11

Source Citation

Sifrei Bamidbar 145

Sefaria — Sifrei Bamidbar 145

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וּבְרָאשֵׁי חָדְשֵׁיכֶם תַּקְרִיבוּ עֹלָה לַה׳ – לָמָּה נֶאֱמַר? לְפִי שֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר וְאֵת הַכֶּבֶשׂ הַשֵּׁנִי, שׁוֹמֵעַ אֲנִי אַף רָאשֵׁי חֳדָשִׁים בִּכְלָל הָיוּ? … תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר וּבְרָאשֵׁי חָדְשֵׁיכֶם תַּקְרִיבוּ עֹלָה לַה׳, בְּמִנְיָן אֶחָד הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר.

English: “On your new moons you shall present a burnt offering to Hashem” — why is this said? Because it says “and the second lamb,” one might think Rosh Chodesh is included in the daily count… the verse teaches “on your new moons you shall present,” speaking of a separate count.

Type of Learning

Rosh Chodesh musaf as an independent offering series.

What Is Learned

The new-moon animals are not absorbed into the daily lambs; they form their own musaf.