What is the (otherwise superfluous) phrase "Im al Todah Yakrivenah" coming to teach us?
Menachos, 79b: "Yakriv" teaches us that if the Todah that Reuven designated gets lost and, after he designates a scond one, it is found, he may bring whichever one he pleases together with the forty loaves; and from the suffix Yakrivenu", we learn that the second one does not require loaves. 1
See also Torah Temimah, note 24.
Why does the Torah write "Yakrivenu" rather than 'Hu Makriv'?
Oznayim la'Torah: "It can be translated as 'Let him bring it!' as if Hashem was inviting the owner to bring his Korban Todah ? the choice of all Korbanos which will never become extinct (even when all other Korbanos will). 1
See Oznayim la'Torah DH 'Im al Todah' #1 who discusses the merits of the Korban Todah .
In which regard is the Torah comparing a Korban Todah to a Korban Shelamim?
Zevachim, 50b: It teaches us that a Todah, like a Shelamim, may be purchased with money of Ma'aser Sheini,. 1
Sifra: It teaches us that a Todah, like a Shelamim, requires Semichah and Tenufas Chazeh ve'Shok. 2
What sort of thanks is the Torah referring to?
Rashi: It refers to the four miracles for which a person is Chayav to thank Hashem - 'Those who cross the ocean safely, who traverse the desert, who are set free from captivity and who recover from an illness. 1
Based on Tehilim, 107:21, 22, as the Gemara explains in B'rachos, 54b (Rashi). The Oznayim la'Torah explains that the four kinds of Lachmei Todah correspond to the four miracles and that the Chalos Lechem Chametz, which are the Ikar (Refer to 7:12:3:1), correspond to the sick person who recovered. See Oznayim la'Torah DH 'Im al Todah' #2 and Oznayim la'Torah on Pasuk 13.
Why does the Torah juxtapose "Chalos Matzos" to Zevach ha'Todah" (See Torah Temimah, note 25)?
Menachos, 80b: To teach us that the Lachmei Torah are called 'Todah'. 1
See Torah Temimah, note 25.
What is the definition of "So'les Murbeches"?
Refer to 6:14:1:1.
What quality flour do the Chalos Matzos and the Rekikei Matzos comprise?
Menachos, 50b: They both comprise So'les (fine-quality flour), and we learn Chalos Matzos from "Chalos" written by the Murbeches, and Rekikei Matzos from Chalos Matzos. 1
See Torah Temimah, note 26.
How many Matzah loaves accompany the Todah, and how many Chametz loaves?
Rashi: Four kinds of 'loaves' accompany the Todah - ten (thick) Matzah loaves, ten wafer loaves, ten loaves of fine flour scalded (in boiling water), 1 and ten Chametz loaves.
The first three kinds of loaves are all unleavened.
How much flour do the loaves comprise?
What is the meaning of the word "Al" that the Torah uses four times in the current two Pesukim?
Ramban #1 (citing the Ibn Ezra) 1 : It means 'together with'.
Ramban #2: It means 'in addition to' - that he should add loaves to the Korban, the Matzah loaves to the Chametz loaves, 2 and all of these he should add to the Korban. 3
The Torah said (2:12) that only Korban Reishis may contain Chametz. But Chametz is brought with a Todah, and it is not called "Reishis"?
Refer to 2:12:151:1-3 and note.
