Pinchas 28:26 · unit 1 — “new” grain offering — first of its kind for the season

Parashas Pinchas · Passuk 28:26

The Complete Passuk

וּבְיוֹם הַבִּכּוּרִים בְּהַקְרִיבְכֶם מִנְחָה חֲדָשָׁה לַה׳ בְּשָׁבֻעֹתֵיכֶם מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם כָּל־מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ׃

And on the day of the first fruits, when you present a new grain offering to Hashem in your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work.

Chabad.org — 28:26

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Menachos 84b

Sefaria — Menachos 84b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
מַהוּ חֲדָשָׁה – שֶׁתְּהֵא חֲדָשָׁה לְכָל הַמְּנָחוֹת שֶׁלֹּא תְּקַדְּמֶנָּה מִנְחָה אַחֶרֶת… וְאֵין לִי אֶלָּא חֲדָשָׁה שֶׁל חִטִּים, חֲדָשָׁה שֶׁל שְׂעוֹרִים מִנַּיִן.

English: What is “new”? That it be new relative to all menachos, that no other menachah precede it… I have only new of wheat; new of barley from where?

Type of Learning

Definition of minchah chadashah.

What Is Learned

Shavuos introduces the season’s first wheat offering, with barley also addressed.