Pinchas 28:31 · unit 1 — libations share the animal’s disqualification rules

Parashas Pinchas · Passuk 28:31

The Complete Passuk

מִלְּבַד עֹלַת הַתָּמִיד וּמִנְחָתוֹ תַּעֲשׂוּ תְּמִימִם יִהְיוּ־לָכֶם וְנִסְכֵּיהֶם׃

Besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering you shall prepare them; they shall be without blemish for you, and their libations.

Chabad.org — 28:31

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Sifrei

Sefaria — Sifrei

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
מַקִּישׁ נְסָכִים לַבְּהֵמָה, מַה בְּהֵמָה נִפְסֶלֶת בְּמוּמִין בְּחָסֵר וְיָתֵר, אַף נְסָכִים נִפְסָלִין בְּמוּמִין בְּחָסֵר וְיָתֵר.

English: He compares libations to the animal: just as an animal is invalidated by blemishes of deficiency and excess, so libations are invalidated by blemishes of deficiency and excess.

Type of Learning

Hekesh of nesachim to the animal.

What Is Learned

Wrong measure of wine is as disqualifying as a blemished beast.