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Positive commandment · Mitzvat Aseh #67 of 613

The meal offering

מעשה המנחה

Parashat Vayikra ויקרא · Sefer HaChinuch #116

The verse · Vayikra 2:1

וְנֶפֶשׁ כִּי־תַקְרִיב קׇרְבַּן מִנְחָה לַה׳ סֹלֶת יִהְיֶה קׇרְבָּנוֹ וְיָצַק עָלֶיהָ שֶׁמֶן וְנָתַן עָלֶיהָ לְבֹנָה

“And when any will offer a meal offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense upon it:”

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The Rambam’s words

The meal offering, as [Leviticus 2:1] states: "When a person presents a meal offering...."

מעשה המנחה, שנאמר: "וְנֶפֶשׁ כִּי תַקְרִיב קָרְבַּן מִנְחָה" (ויקרא ב, א).

Who & when

“And the execution of meal-offerings was practiced at the time of the [Temple] by the males of the priesthood.”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Sacrificial Procedure הלכות מעשה הקרבנות

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