Pinchas 29:39 · unit 9 — libations that accompany a sacrifice are only by day

Parashas Pinchas · Passuk 29:39

The Complete Passuk

אֵלֶּה תַּעֲשׂוּ לַה׳ בְּמוֹעֲדֵיכֶם לְבַד מִנִּדְרֵיכֶם וְנִדְבֹתֵיכֶם לְעֹלֹתֵיכֶם וּלְמִנְחֹתֵיכֶם וּלְנִסְכֵּיכֶם וּלְשַׁלְמֵיכֶם׃

These you shall present to Hashem at your appointed times, besides your vows and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings and for your grain offerings and for your libations and for your peace offerings.

Chabad.org — 29:39

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Temurah 14b

Sefaria — Temurah 14b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
יָתֵיב רַבִּי יִרְמְיָה וְקָאָמַר מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי, מִנַּיִן לַנְּסָכִים הַבָּאִים עִם הַזֶּבַח שֶׁאֵין קְרֵבִין אֶלָּא בַּיּוֹם, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר וּלְנִסְכֵּיכֶם וּלְשַׁלְמֵיכֶם, מַה שְּׁלָמִים בַּיּוֹם אַף נְסָכִים בַּיּוֹם.

English: R. Yirmiyah sat and said in the name of R. Yehoshua ben Levi: from where do we know that libations that come with a sacrifice are offered only by day? The verse says “and for your libations and for your peace offerings” — just as shelamim are by day, so libations are by day.

Type of Learning

Daytime requirement for accompanying nesachim.

What Is Learned

Libations follow the daytime rule of shelamim.