Vayikra 24:5-9

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24:5

וְלָקַחְתָּ סֹלֶת וְאָפִיתָ אֹתָהּ שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה חַלּוֹת שְׁנֵי עֶשְׂרֹנִים יִהְיֶה הַֽחַלָּה הָאֶחָֽת׃

You shall take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, each individual loaf shall be two tenths [of an ephah].

24:6

וְשַׂמְתָּ אוֹתָם שְׁתַּיִם מַֽעֲרָכוֹת שֵׁשׁ הַֽמַּעֲרָכֶת עַל הַשֻּׁלְחָן הַטָּהֹר לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָֽה׃

You shall place them in two stacks, six in each stack on the Pure Table, before Adonoy.

Rashi

שש המערכת. שֵׁשׁ חַלּוֹת הַמַּעֲרֶכֶת הָאַחַת:

שש המערכת SIX ON A ROW — i. e. six cakes shall form one row.

השלחן הטהר. שֶׁל זָהָב טָהוֹר; דָּ"אַ: עַל טָהֳרוֹ שֶׁל שֻׁלְחָן, שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ הַסְּנִיפִין מַגְבִּיהִין אֶת הַלֶּחֶם מֵעַל גַּבֵּי הַשֻּׁלְחָן (שם; מנחות צ"ז):

השלחן הטהר THE PURE TABLE — i. e. the table of pure gold (cf. Rashi on v. 4). Another explanation is that על השלחן הטהר means: immediately upon the טהר of the table (i. e. its top and they must not rest upon something else that is placed on the table-top) — i. e. that the supporting pillars (cf. Rashi on Exodus 25:29) must not raise the bread (i. e. the lowest loaves) above the top of the table (Sifra, Emor, Chapter 18 4; Menachot 97a).

24:7

וְנָתַתָּ עַל־הַֽמַּעֲרֶכֶת לְבֹנָה זַכָּה וְהָיְתָה לַלֶּחֶם לְאַזְכָּרָה אִשֶּׁה לַֽיהֹוָֽה׃

You shall put pure frankincense on [each] stack and it shall be as a memorial portion for the bread, as a fire-offering, to Adonoy.

Rashi

ונתת על המערכת. עַל כָּל אַחַת מִשְּׁתֵי הַמַּעֲרָכוֹת; וְהָיוּ שְׁנֵי בְזִיכֵי לְבוֹנָה מְלֹא קֹמֶץ לְכָל אַחַת:

ונתת על המערכת AND THOU SHALT PUT UPON THE ROW — i. e. upon each of the two rows [PURE FRANKINCENSE]; there were two bowls for this frankincense, each filled with a handful of it.

והיתה. הַלְּבוֹנָה הַזֹּאת:

והיתה THAT IT — this frankincense — MAY BE

ללחם לאזכרה. שֶׁאֵין מִן הַלֶּחֶם לְגָבוֹהַּ כְּלוּם, אֶלָּא הַלְּבוֹנָה נִקְטֶרֶת כְּשֶׁמְּסַלְּקִין אוֹתוֹ בְּכָל שַׁבָּת וְשַׁבָּת, וְהִיא לְזִכָּרוֹן לַלֶּחֶם, שֶׁעַל יָדָהּ הוּא נִזְכָּר לְמַעְלָה, כַּקֹּמֶץ שֶׁהִיא אַזְכָּרָה לַמִּנְחָה (עי' ספרא):

ללחם לאזכרה ON THE BREAD FOR A MEMORIAL — because of the bread itself nothing was offered to the Lord, but the frankincense was burnt when the former was removed from the golden table every Sabbath. It (the frankincense) thus served as a memorial for the bread, because through it, it (the bread) was recalled to memory Above (the bread itself was not offered) just as the “handful” of flour and of oil (Leviticus 2:2) was “the memorial portion” of the meal offering being the only part offered, while the remainder was eaten by the priests just as this bread was.

24:8

בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת יַֽעַרְכֶנּוּ לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה תָּמִיד מֵאֵת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּרִית עוֹלָֽם׃

On each and every Shabbos he shall arrange them before Adonoy, continually, from Bnei Yisroel as an eternal covenant.

24:9

וְהָֽיְתָה לְאַהֲרֹן וּלְבָנָיו וַאֲכָלֻהוּ בְּמָקוֹם קָדֹשׁ כִּי קֹדֶשׁ קׇֽדָשִׁים הוּא לוֹ מֵאִשֵּׁי יְהֹוָה חׇק־עוֹלָֽם׃ {ס}

It shall belong to Aharon and to his sons and they shall eat it in a sacred place, for it is most holy for him from among the fire-offerings of Adonoy, as an everlasting statute.

Rashi

והיתה. הַמִּנְחָה הַזֹּאת, שֶׁכָּל דָּבָר הַבָּא מִן הַתְּבוּאָה בִּכְלַל מִנְחָה הוּא:

והיתה AND IT SHALL BE — this meal-offering shall be — [AARON’S AND HIS SONS’]; (although the word מנחה is not mentioned in the text it is implicitly contained in the word לחם) because anything that is brought (offered) of grain comes under the term of ‎מנחה.

ואכלהו. מוּסָב עַל הַלֶּחֶם שֶׁהוּא לְשׁוֹן זָכָר:

ואכלהו‎ AND THEY SHALL EAT IT; the suffix which is masc. refers to לחם which is masculine.

Vayikra 24:5-9 ויקרא כ״ד:ה׳-ט׳

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