(Lev. 1:7:) “And the sons of Aaron the Priest shall put fire upon the altar, and they shall lay wood in order upon the fire.” (Tamid 2:3:) All of the trees are proper for [altar] firewood except the vine and the olive.18TMen. 9:14; Sifra to Lev. 1:7, Wayyiqra, Pereq 6.Why? Because they produce excellent fruit.19Cf. Tamid 29b. See, you have learned that by virtue of sons, fathers are honored. (Lev. 2:5:) “And if [your offering] is a meal offering on a griddle.” [But] it is also written (in Exod. 2:7), “And if [your offering] is a meal offering in a pan.” (Men. 5:8:) What is the difference between a griddle and a pan?20Sifra to Lev. 2:5, Wayyiqra, Pereq 12. A pan has a cover, and a griddle does not have a cover. A pan (rt.: rhsh) is deep, and its products tremble (rt.: rhsh).21Lev. R. 3:7. A griddle is flat and its products are solid. (Men. 11:3:) The cakes of the high priest had their kneading and their rolling out within [the Temple court], and [doing so] overrides the Sabbath. Their grinding and sifting do not override the Sabbath. (Men. 5:1:)22See Tanh. (Buber), Numb. 8:11. All meal offerings were offered unleavened except the leavened [cakes] in the thank offering and the two loaves (of Pentecost) which were offered leavened. (Men. 5:2:) All meal offerings were kneaded in lukewarm water and one watched them lest they become leavened; and if the rest of it became leavened, one transgressed a negative commandment, as stated (in Lev. 2:11), “No meal offering which you offer to the Lord [shall be made with leaven].”
וְנָתְנוּ בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן אֵשׁ עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְעָרְכוּ עֵצִים. כָּל הָעֵצִים כְּשֵׁרִים לַמַּעֲרָכָה, חוּץ מִגֶּפֶן וּמִזַּיִת. לָמָּה, שֶׁהֵם עוֹשִׂין פֵּרוֹת מְשֻׁבָּחִים. הָא לָמַדְתָּ, שֶׁבִּזְכוּת הַבָּנִים, אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם מִתְכַּבְּדִין. וְנֶפֶשׁ כִּי תַּקְרִיב. לֹא נֶאֱמַר נֶפֶשׁ בְּכָל הַקָּרְבָּנוֹת אֶלָּא בְּמִנְחַת עָנִי. אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, מַעֲלֶה אֲנִי עָלָיו כְּאִלּוּ הִקְרִיב נַפְשׁוֹ. אִם מִנְחָה עַל הַמַּחֲבַת. וְכָתוּב אֶחָד אוֹמֵר, וְאִם מִנְחַת מַרְחֶשֶׁת. מַהוּ בֵּין מַחֲבַת לְמַרְחֶשֶׁת. מַרְחֶשֶׁת, יֵשׁ לָהּ כִּסּוּי. מַחֲבַת, אֵין לָהּ כִּסּוּי. מַרְחֶשֶׁת, עֲמֻקָּה וּמַעֲשֶׂיהָ רוֹחֲשִׁין. מַחֲבַת, צָפָה וּמַעֲשֶׂיהָ קָשִׁין. חֲבִיתֵי כֹהֵן גָּדוֹל, לִישָׁתָן וַעֲשִׂיָּתָן בִּפְנִים וְדוֹחִין הַשַּׁבָּת, טְחָנָן וְהִרְקִידָן אֵינוֹ דּוֹחֶה אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת. כָּל הַמְּנָחוֹת בָּאוֹת מַצָּה, חוּץ מֵחָמֵץ שֶׁבְּתוֹדָה וּשְׁתֵּי הַלֶּחֶם. כָּל הַמְּנָחוֹת נִלּוֹשִׁין בְּפוֹשְׁרִין, וּמְשַׁמְּרָן שֶׁלֹּא יַחְמִיצוּ. וְאִם הֶחְמִיצוּ שְׁיָרֶיהָ, עוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַּעֲשֶׂה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: כָּל הַמִּנְחָה אֲשֶׁר תַּקְרִיבוּ לַה' וְגוֹ'.
(Lev. 1:7:) “And the sons of Aaron the Priest shall put fire upon the altar, and they shall lay wood in order upon the fire.” (Tamid 2:3:) All of the trees are proper for [altar] firewood except the vine and the olive.18TMen. 9:14; Sifra to Lev. 1:7, Wayyiqra, Pereq 6.Why? Because they produce excellent fruit.19Cf. Tamid 29b. See, you have learned that by virtue of sons, fathers are honored. (Lev. 2:5:) “And if [your offering] is a meal offering on a griddle.” [But] it is also written (in Exod. 2:7), “And if [your offering] is a meal offering in a pan.” (Men. 5:8:) What is the difference between a griddle and a pan?20Sifra to Lev. 2:5, Wayyiqra, Pereq 12. A pan has a cover, and a griddle does not have a cover. A pan (rt.: rhsh) is deep, and its products tremble (rt.: rhsh).21Lev. R. 3:7. A griddle is flat and its products are solid. (Men. 11:3:) The cakes of the high priest had their kneading and their rolling out within [the Temple court], and [doing so] overrides the Sabbath. Their grinding and sifting do not override the Sabbath. (Men. 5:1:)22See Tanh. (Buber), Numb. 8:11. All meal offerings were offered unleavened except the leavened [cakes] in the thank offering and the two loaves (of Pentecost) which were offered leavened. (Men. 5:2:) All meal offerings were kneaded in lukewarm water and one watched them lest they become leavened; and if the rest of it became leavened, one transgressed a negative commandment, as stated (in Lev. 2:11), “No meal offering which you offer to the Lord [shall be made with leaven].”