“The priest shall take the meal offering of jealousy from the woman’s hand, and he shall wave the meal offering before the Lord and bring it near to the altar” (Numbers 5:25). “The priest shall take…from the woman’s hand” – and not from her emissary. “From the woman’s hand” – Rabbi Elazar said to Rabbi Yoshiya: From where is it derived that the meal offering of the sota requires waving by the owner?
He said to him: One derives a verbal analogy from the peace offering. Here it is written: “The priest shall take…from the woman’s hand.” There it is written: “His hands shall bring the fire offerings of the Lord” (Leviticus 7:30). Just as here, it is the priest, there too it is the priest.
Just as there it is the owners, here too it is the owners. How so? He places his hand beneath the hand of the owner and waves. “The meal offering of jealousy” – this tells that she brings one meal offering for the sake of two jealousies.
“He shall wave the meal offering before the Lord” – in the east, as everywhere that it is stated: “Before the Lord,” it is in the east, unless the verse specifies otherwise. “And bring it near to the altar” – it teaches regarding the meal offering of the sota that it requires waving and bringing near the altar.