Thursday, June 13, 2019

New Tenufah

Last week we discussed the obligation of תנופה in regard to the shtei halechem if the obligation to wave the parts of the shelamim is a new obligation or part of the regular obligation of a shelamim.  The same chakirah can be made in regard to the shelamim of the nazir.  What is the nature of the obligation to do תנופה on the parts of the shelamim; is it a new obligation or the same obligation as that of a shelamim?

The simple understanding should be that it is a new obligation for the תנופה is part of the טהרה process of the nazir and according to ר"א it is even necessary to allow the nazir to drink wine.  This would seem to be supported by the Rambam in Sefer Hamitzvot #111 that explains that the shaving and korbanot of the nazir are counted as one mitzvah as opposed to that of a metzorah is two mitzvot, because they are two aspects of one purification process. However, the Sifri asks why does the Torah have to tell us the obligation regarding the חזה ושוק if it’s an obligation by every shelamim?  The Sifri learns out from here the principle of דבר שיצא מן הכלל בדבר חדש אי אתה יכול להחיזרו לכלל עד שיחזירנו הכתוב בפירוש.  From the question of the Sifri it is clear that it views the תנופה obligation equal to that of a regular shelamim.  From here the Briskor Rav derives that it is only the additional תנופה said regarding the korbanot of a nazir; the חלה רקיק וזרוע that is part of the טהרה process, but the תנופת חזה ושוק stems from the obligation of a shelamim.

The Mishna in Kiddushin 36b says that a woman is obligated in תנופה regarding the minchas soteh and korbanot nezireh.  The Rogatchover (השמטות תרומות pg. 104) proposes that it she is obligated only on the additional תנופה of the korbanot nezireh but not in the obligation of the תנופה that applies by a shelamim.  He brings support to this from the language of the Rambam that mentions the תנופה of women only regarding the specific תנופות unique to a nazir.  This line of reasoning matches that of the Briskor Rav.

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