Ve’im min-ha’of olah korbano laAdonai, ve’hikriv min-hattorim o min-benei hayonah et-korbano.
Ve’hikrivo hakohen el-hamizbe’ach, u’malak et-rosho, ve’hiktir hamizbechah, ve’nimtza damo al kir hamizbe’ach.
Vehesir et-mura’ato benotzatah, ve’hishlikh otah etzel hamizbe’ach kedmah el-mekom hadeshen.
Ve’shissa oto bichnafav lo yabdil, ve’hiktir oto hakohen hamizbe’ach al ha’etzim asher al ha’esh—olah hu, isheh re’ach nichoach laAdonai.
Ve’nefesh ki-takriv korban minchah laAdonai, solet yihyeh korbano, ve’yatzak aleha shemen, ve’natan aleha levonah.
Ve’hevi’ah el-Benei Aharon hakkohanim, ve’kamatz misham melo kumtzo misoltah u’mishamnatah, al kol-levonatah, ve’hiktir hakohen et-azkaratah hamizbechah—isheh re’ach nichoach laAdonai.
Ve’hanoteret min-hamminchah le’Aharon u’levanav, kodesh kodashim me’ishei Adonai.
Ve’chi takriv korban minchah ma’afeh tannur, solet challot matzot belulot bashemen, u’rekikei matzot meshuchim bashemen.
Ve’im minchah al-hamachavat korbanecha, solet belulah bashemen, matzah tihyeh.
Patot otah pitim, ve’yatzakta aleha shemen, minchah hi.
Not everyone can bring a healthy, expensive bull to the Temple — so what does a poor person do, one who has only a small dove in hand or a handful of fine flour? The Torah speaks directly to the soul and teaches us one of the most profound truths about sacrifices: “And a soul who brings an offering…” When a poor person brings a simple meal offering or a modest bird — God considers it as if they have offered their very soul. Because the value of a gift is not measured by its size — but by the size of the heart behind it.
The animal or the sacrifice being offered is not the main thing. The true novelty here is that the focus shifts to the person’s soul — to their inner motive, their devotion. There is even a halachic insight that Rashi brings in the name of our sages: “The word ‘soul’ is not mentioned with other offerings, only with the meal offering — because it is the way of the poor to bring it. Said the Holy One, blessed be He: I consider it as if they offered their very soul.”
And there is a powerful message here — not just regarding sacrificial worship, but for every area of life: how many times do we belittle our own actions because they seem small? The Torah says: on the contrary! Sometimes the smallest thing — is actually the greatest. A tiny gesture, a pure intention, a kind word spoken from the heart — these are counted before God as a true pleasing aroma.
Wishing you a good and blessed day!
May every offering you give — big or small — be accepted with love before Hashem, and may your heart always feel that it is giving something from the soul toward a higher purpose.
