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Parashat VaYikra

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First Voice: Leviticus 2:13

Moreover, you must salt* every meal offering.
Do not leave out the salt of your God's covenant from your meal offerings.
[Furthermore,] you must [also] offer salt with your animal sacrifices.

‏Vayikra 2:13
וְכָל קָרְבַּן מִנְחָתְךָ בַּמֶּלַח תִּמְלָח
וְלֹא תַשְׁבִּית מֶלַח בְּרִית אֱלֹהֶיךָ מֵעַל מִנְחָתֶךָ
עַל כָּלק ָרְבָּנְךָ תַּקְרִיב מֶלַח

Second Voice: Leviticus 2:4

If he brings a meal offering that was baked in an oven,
It shall consist of unleavened loaves made of wheat meal mixed with olive oil,
Or flat matzahs saturated* with olive oil.

‏Vayikra 2:4
וְכִי תַקְרִב קָרְבַּן מִנְחָה מַאֲפֵה תַנּוּר
סֹלֶת חַלּוֹת מַצֹּת בְּלוּלֹת בַּשֶּׁמֶן
וּרְקִיקֵי מַצּוֹת מְשֻׁחִים בַּשָּׁמֶן

Third Voice: Malachi 3:4

Then shall the mincha/offering* of Yehudah
And Yerushalayim be pleasant to YHVH, as in the days of old and as in former years.

‏Malachi 3:4
וְעָרְבָה לַיהוָה מִנְחַת יְהוּדָה
וִירוּשָׁלִָם כִּימֵי עוֹלָם וּכְשָׁנִים קַדְמֹנִיֹּת

Salt

The world is one part wilderness, one part settled land, and one part sea. Said the sea to God: “Master of the Universe! The Torah will be given in the wilderness; the Holy Temple will be built on settled land; and what about me?” Said G-d: “The people of Israel will offer your salt upon the Altar.”
—Yalkut HaReuveni

Saturated

Literally, "anointed." According to some, they were anointed with the oil in the form of an "X" (see Exodus 29:7 and Rashi there)

Mincha/offering

In the future, an abundance of knowledge will spread and will penetrate even animals. "They will not do evil nor will they destroy on the mount of My holiness, because the earth will be full with knowledge of YHVH" and that offering which will then be the mincha offering - from the vegetable - "shall be pleasant to YHVH as in the days of yore."
 —Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook, Olat R'iyah p. 282

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