Aliya Summary: G‑d then teaches Moshe the laws of the fowl Olah. This
Aliya then continues with a description of three types of voluntary
meal offerings: unbaked flour, baked loaves, and the shallow-fried meal
offering. All voluntary meal offerings also contained olive oil and
frankincense.
Until this point in Vayikra, the Torah
has described four different types of voluntary offerings, each one less
expensive than the one before it. The bull is most costly, sheep and
goat cost less, but more than a dove. And a flour and oil offering is
the least expensive. The person who brings the korban is referred to as
"adam", a human, the first time, and then with the pronoun he, him, his
(she, her, hers). Only with the flour & oil offering is the
donor referred to as "nefesh", a soul. Rashi says this refers to the
poor person, who is the one who would most likely bring the Mincha. It
might not cost a lot, but the poor person puts his soul into his modest
korban.
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