The Covered Pan the Sinner's Offering and Why No Leaven May Reach the Altar

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 451:1

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·

"And if your offering is a meal-offering of a deep pan" (Leviticus 2:7): what is the difference between a griddle and a deep pan? The deep pan has a cover, the griddle has no cover, the words of Rabbi Yose the Galilean. Rabbi Chanina ben Gamliel says: the deep pan is hollow and its contents seethe, and the griddle is flat and its contents are firm. "Fine flour with oil it shall be made" teaches that it requires oil before it is made. "Your offering, your offering" forms a verbal analogy. Had it said only "and you shall bring that which is made of these," I would have said only the handful requires bringing near; from where the rest of the meal-offering? Scripture says "the meal-offering." From where the sinner's meal-offering? Scripture says "the meal-offering" with the direct-object marker. And it would follow by reasoning: a sinner's meal-offering is stated here and a freewill meal-offering is stated here; just as the freewill meal-offering requires bringing near, so the sinner's requires bringing near. But the freewill offering requires oil and frankincense; the meal-offering of the suspected wife will prove otherwise. But that requires waving; the freewill offering will prove otherwise. The reasoning circles back: this case is not like that, and the common ground between them is that they share the taking of a handful and share the bringing near; so I bring the sinner's meal-offering, which shares the handful with them, to share the bringing near. But their common ground is that they were both made fit to come as a rich man's or a poor man's; whereas the sinner's was not; therefore Scripture says "the meal-offering" with the marker. Rabbi Shimon says: "and you shall bring" includes the omer meal-offering for bringing near, as it says "and you shall bring the omer" (Leviticus 23:10). "And he shall offer it" includes the suspected wife's meal-offering for bringing near, as it says "and he shall offer it at the altar" (Numbers 5:25). As to the remainders that became deficient between the handful and the burning: Rabbi Yochanan said he burns the handful for them; Resh Lakish said he does not burn the handful for them. The one who disqualifies holds that Scripture says "of the meal-offering" — only when there is a whole meal-offering; the other holds "of the meal-offering" means a meal-offering that was already permitted. Had it said "that you shall offer to the LORD shall not be made with leaven," I would have said I have only the handful; from where the whole meal-offering? Scripture says "all the meal-offering." From where the other meal-offerings? Scripture says "all the meal-offering." "To the LORD," the fit one and not the unfit; from here they said one who leavens a fit offering is liable, an unfit one is exempt. "That you shall offer" includes the libation meal-offering for leavening, the words of Rabbi Yose the Galilean. Rabbi Akiva says: it includes the showbread for leavening. As to the libation meal-offering being fruit-liquid that does not leaven, Resh Lakish said: Rabbi Yose the Galilean would say the libation meal-offering is kneaded with water and is therefore fit to leaven; and the showbread, since it is a dry measure, and we heard Rabbi Akiva say a dry measure is not consecrated; Rabbi Yochanan said: reverse the attributions.

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