במדבר י״ח:ח׳-כ׳

ואני הנה נתתי לך. בְּשִׂמְחָה, לְשׁוֹן שִׂמְחָה הוּא זֶה, כְּמוֹ "הִנֵּה הוּא יֹצֵא לִקְרָאתֶךָ וְרָאֲךָ וְשָׂמַח בְּלִבּוֹ" (שמות ד'); מָשָׁל לְמֶלֶךְ שֶׁנָּתַן שָׂדֶה לְאוֹהֲבוֹ, וְלֹא כָתַב וְלֹא חָתַם וְלֹא הֶעֱלָה בְעַרְכָּאִין, בָּא אֶחָד וְעִרְעֵר עַל הַשָּׂדֶה, אָמַר לוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ כָּל מִי שֶׁיִּרְצֶה יָבֹא וִיעַרְעֵר לְנֶגְדְּךָ, הֲרֵינִי כוֹתֵב וְחוֹתֵם לְךָ וּמַעֲלֶה בְעַרְכָּאִין, אַף כָּאן, לְפִי שֶׁבָּא קֹרַח וְעִרְעֵר כְּנֶגֶד אַהֲרֹן עַל הַכְּהֻנָּה, בָּא הַכָּתוּב וְנָתַן לוֹ כ"ד מַתְּנוֹת כְּהֻנָּה בִּבְרִית מֶלַח עוֹלָם, וְלְכָךְ נִסְמְכָה פָרָשָׁה זוֹ לְכָאן (ספרי):

Behold, I have given you. With joy. This term denotes joy, as in, “behold, he is going out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will rejoice in his heart.” This is compared to a king who gave a property to his intimate friend, but did not write and sign a deed, or register it with the authorities. Someone came and claimed the property. The king said to him: “Whoever wishes will come and claim against you. Behold, I will write and sign a deed to you, and register it with the authorites.” Here, too, because Korach came and claimed the kehunah from Aharon, Scripture presents him with twenty-four kehunah gifts, with the eternal covenant of salt. This is why this chapter was placed here.

משמרת תרומתי. שֶׁאַתָּה צָרִיךְ לְשָׁמְרָן בְּטָהֳרָה:

The guarding of my terumah-gifts. Which you must guard in ritual purity.

למשחה. לִגְדֻלָּה (שם):

For consecration. For greatness.

מן האש. לְאַחַר הַקְטָרַת הָאִשִּׁים:

From the fire. After the burning of the fire.

כל קרבנם. כְּגוֹן זִבְחֵי שַׁלְמֵי צִבּוּר:

[Of] all their sacrifices. For example, the communal shelamim-offerings.

מנחתם חטאתם ואשמתם. כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ:

Their minchah-offerings, their sin-offerings, and their guilt-offerings. As the plain meaning indicates.

אשר ישיבו לי. זֶה גֶּזֶל הַגֵּר (שם; זבחים מ"ד):

Which they return to Me. This refers to the proselyte’s stolen property.

בקדש הקדשים תאכלנו וגו'. לִמֵּד עַל קָדְשֵׁי קֳדָשִׁים שֶׁאֵין נֶאֱכָלִין אֶלָּא בָּעֲזָרָה לְזִכְרֵי כְהֻנָּה:

You shall eat it in the supremely holy. This teaches that the supremely holy offerings may be eaten only in the Sanctuary courtyard, and by the male kohanim.

תרומת מתנם. הַמּוּרָם מִן הַתּוֹדָה וּמֵהַשְּׁלָמִים וּמֵאֵיל נָזִיר:

Their terumah-gift. Which was set aside from the thanksgiving-offering, the peace- offering, and the ram of the nazarite.

לכל תנופת. שֶׁהֲרֵי אֵלּוּ טְעוּנִין תְּנוּפָה:

Of all of the wave-offerings. Since these require waving.

כל טהור. וְלֹא טְמֵאִים; דָּ"אַ: כָּל טָהוֹר לְרַבּוֹת אִשְׁתּוֹ:

All those ritually pure. But not those ritually defiled. Another interpretation of “all those ritually pure” — to include his wife.

ראשיתם. הִיא תְּרוּמָה גְדוֹלָה:

Their terumah-gift. This refers to the major terumah-gift.

כחזה התנופה וכשוק הימין. שֶׁל שְׁלָמִים שֶׁנֶּאֱכָלִין לַכֹּהֲנִים וְלִנְשֵׁיהֶם לִבְנֵיהֶם וּלְעַבְדֵיהֶם לִשְׁנֵי יָמִים וְלַיְלָה אֶחָד, אַף הַבְּכוֹר נֶאֱכָל לִשְׁנֵי יָמִים וְלַיְלָה אֶחָד:

Like the breast which is waved and like the right thigh. Of the peace-offering, which are eaten by the kohanim, and their wives, children, and servants, for two days and one night. The firstborn [animal], also, is eaten for two days and one night.

לך יהיה. בָּא רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא וְלִמֵּד, וְהוֹסִיף לְךָ הַכָּתוּב הֲוָיָה אַחֶרֶת, שֶׁלֹא תֹאמַר, כְּחָזֶה וְשׁוֹק שֶׁל תּוֹדָה שֶׁאֵינוֹ נֶאֱכָל אֶלָּא לְיוֹם וָלַיְלָה (זבחים נ"ז):

It shall be yours. R’ Akiva came, and expounded: Scripture adds an additional “being,” so that you should not say, “like the breast and thigh of the thanksgiving-offering, which is only eaten for a day and a night.”

כל תרומת הקדשים. מֵחִבָּתָהּ שֶל פָּרָשָׁה זוֹ כְּלָלָהּ בַּתְּחִלָּה וּכְלָלָהּ בַּסּוֹף וּפָרַט בָּאֶמְצַע (עי' ספרי):

All of the sacred terumah-gifts. Because this parashah is precious, it is generalized at the beginning, generalized at the end, and detailed in between.

ברית מלח עולם. כָּרַת בְּרִית עִם אַהֲרֹן בְּדָבָר הַבָּרִיא וּמִתְקַיֵּם וּמַבְרִיא אֶת אֲחֵרִים (שם):

An eternal covenant of salt. He made a covenant with Aharon with a robust, enduring object which invigorates others.

ברית מלח. כַּבְּרִית הַכְּרוּתָה לַמֶּלַח שֶׁאֵינוֹ מַסְרִיחַ לְעוֹלָם:

A covenant of salt. Like the covenant made with salt, which never spoils.

וחלק לא יהיה לך בתוכם. אַף בַּבִּזָּה (שם):

And you will not have a share among them. Even in the spoils.