📜 Daily Chumash & Rashi – Parshas Pinchas: Chamishi – The Karbanos

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Chamishi

1. The Tamid sacrifice:
   • Hashem told Moshe to command Bnei Yisrael and tell them to offer two male lambs, every day as a Tamid sacrifice. One sacrifice is to be offered in the morning and the second in the afternoon.
   • The Mincha and Nesachim: A Mincha offering of 1/10^th of an Ephah of flour mixed with ¼ of a Hin of oil is to be brought with the animal. A wine libation of ¼ of a Hin is to be brought per lamb.

2. The Shabbos sacrifice:
   • On Shabbos you are to offer two male lambs in their first year of age.
   • The Mincha and Nesachim: A Mincha offering of 2/10^ths of an Ephah of flour mixed with oil is to be brought with the animal. A wine libation is to be brought with the animal.
   • This is in addition to the Tamid sacrifice.

3. The Rosh Chodesh sacrifice:
   • On Rosh Chodesh you are to offer two young bulls, one ram, and seven unblemished lambs within their first year. One goat is to be offered as a Chatas for Hashem. This sacrifice is in addition to the Tamid sacrifice.
   • The Mincha and Nesachim: A Mincha offering of 3/10^ths of an Ephah of flour mixed with oil is to be brought individually for each bull. A wine libation of 1/2 of a Hin is to be brought for the bull. A Mincha offering of 2/10^ths of an Ephah of flour mixed with oil is to be brought individually for the ram. A wine libation of 1/3 of a Hin is to be brought for the ram. A Mincha offering of 1/10^th of an Ephah of flour mixed with oil is to be brought individually for each lamb. A wine libation of 1/4 of a Hin is to be brought per lamb.

Chamishi

1. The Tamid sacrifice:
   • Hashem told Moshe to command Bnei Yisrael and tell them to offer two male lambs, every day as a Tamid sacrifice. One sacrifice is to be offered in the morning and the second in the afternoon.
   • The Mincha and Nesachim: A Mincha offering of 1/10^th of an Ephah of flour mixed with ¼ of a Hin of oil is to be brought with the animal. A wine libation of ¼ of a Hin is to be brought per lamb.
2. The Shabbos sacrifice:
   • On Shabbos you are to offer two male lambs in their first year of age.
   • The Mincha and Nesachim: A Mincha offering of 2/10^ths of an Ephah of flour mixed with oil is to be brought with the animal. A wine libation is to be brought with the animal.
   • This is in addition to the Tamid sacrifice.

 

3. The Rosh Chodesh sacrifice:
   • On Rosh Chodesh you are to offer two young bulls, one ram, and seven unblemished lambs within their first year. One goat is to be offered as a Chatas for Hashem. This sacrifice is in addition to the Tamid sacrifice.
   • The Mincha and Nesachim: A Mincha offering of 3/10^ths of an Ephah of flour mixed with oil is to be brought individually for each bull. A wine libation of 1/2 of a Hin is to be brought for the bull. A Mincha offering of 2/10^ths of an Ephah of flour mixed with oil is to be brought individually for the ram. A wine libation of 1/3 of a Hin is to be brought for the ram. A Mincha offering of 1/10^th of an Ephah of flour mixed with oil is to be brought individually for each lamb. A wine libation of 1/4 of a Hin is to be brought per lamb.

 

Q&A on Rashi

 

📘 Rashi Q&A — Bamidbar 28:1–15

28:1–2 — Command About Offerings

Q1. Why does Hashem say “Command the Israelites”?
A. Before Moshe asks about leadership, Hashem tells him to command Israel about their obligations toward Him.

Q2. What does the parable teach?
A. Before asking for care of children, one must instruct the children how to behave toward their parent.

Q3. What is “קרבני” (My offering)?
A. It refers to the blood of the sacrifice.

Q4. What is “לחמי” (My food)?
A. The parts burned on the altar.

Q5. What is “לאשי”?
A. That which is placed on the fire of the altar.

Q6. What does “תשמרו” mean?
A. The offering must be supervised by priests, Levites, and Israelites (ma’amadot).

Q7. What does “במועדו” teach?
A. Each offering must be brought at its exact time and cannot be made up later.

 

28:3–4 — Daily Offering (Korban Tamid)

Q8. What is offered every day?
A. Two lambs—one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

Q9. What is the role of the court?
A. To ensure the offerings are properly carried out.

Q10. Why specify “two each day”?
A. To teach details about how and where they are slaughtered relative to the sun.

Q11. Why repeat “one lamb”?
A. To show this applies for all generations, not just the inauguration period.

 

28:5–6 — Grain Offering

Q12. What accompanies the burnt offering?
A. Fine flour mixed with oil (a grain offering).

Q13. What does “like at Mount Sinai” mean?
A. It parallels the offerings brought during the inauguration or before the Torah was given.

Q14. What law is learned from Sinai?
A. The blood must be received in a vessel.

 

28:7–8 — Libations

Q15. What is the libation?
A. Wine poured on the altar.

Q16. What kind of wine is required?
A. Proper intoxicating wine—not freshly pressed wine.

Q17. What is “ריח ניחוח”?
A. Satisfaction to Hashem that His command is fulfilled.

 

28:9–10 — Shabbat Offering

Q18. What is added on Shabbat?
A. Two additional lambs.

Q19. Can missed offerings be made up?
A. No, each offering is only for its specific time.

Q20. What does “besides the daily offering” mean?
A. The Shabbat offering is in addition to the daily Tamid.

Q21. When are additional offerings brought?
A. Between the morning and afternoon daily offerings.

 

28:11–14 — Rosh Chodesh Offering

Q22. What is offered on Rosh Chodesh?
A. Bulls, a ram, and seven lambs with accompanying offerings.

Q23. Are these offerings fixed?
A. Yes, with set measures of flour and wine.

Q24. What does “in its month” teach?
A. If missed, the offering cannot be brought later.

 

28:15 — Sin Offering

Q25. What additional offering is brought?
A. A goat as a sin-offering.

Q26. What does it atone for?
A. Unintentional impurity related to the Temple or holy food.

Q27. What is unique about Rosh Chodesh’s goat?
A. It atones even for sins unknown to anyone except Hashem.

Q28. What is the aggadic teaching?
A. It is like an atonement for Hashem for diminishing the moon.

Q29. What does “upon the daily offering” mean?
A. All these offerings are in addition to the Tamid.

Q30. Does the goat have a libation?
A. No, sin-offerings do not have libations.