Meilah 9A

והתניא: ״מסלתה ומשמנה על כל לבנתה״⁠ – פרט שחסרה סלתה וחסרה שמנה וחסרה לבונתה!

but isn’t it taught in a baraita: The verse states: “And he should bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests; and he should remove his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, together with all its frankincense; and the priest should make its memorial part smoke upon the altar, an offering made by fire, of a pleasing aroma to YHWH” (Leviticus 2:2)? This verse excludes those situations where some of its flour was missing, or some of its oil was missing, or some of its frankincense was missing, in which case the priest may not place the meal offering on the fire. This indicates that one must ensure that some of the flour, oil, and frankincense remain.

אמרי: התם כתיב ״והנותרת״, קרא יתירא כתיב.

The rabbis said in response to the difficulty of Rav Aḥa, son of Rava: In general, the terms “remainder” or “leftover” refer to a situation where there happened to be some of the item remaining. Yet, the case of the meal offering is unique, as there it is written: “But that which is left of the meal offering should be Aaron’s and his sons’; it is a thing most holy of the offerings of YHWH made by fire” (Leviticus 2:3). This part of the verse is superfluous, as it appears in Leviticus 2:10 as well. It is therefore derived from the repetition of this phrase that in the specific case of a meal offering one must ensure that some of the items remain. This requirement does not apply to a bird sin offering.