Salty

Why must salt be brought with korbanot?  The Bechai says that salt is a fusion of middat hadin and middat harachamim.  It is a combo of water (chesed) and fire (din) that brings out the salt from within the water.  There is a constant tug of war present in salt.  That is why the word for salt, מלח has the same letters as the word for ward, מלחמה from the root of לחם.  Salt represents the clash between opposing forces. That is why salt has opposite effects.  On the one hand, it allows for things to stay fresh and extends the shelf life of products.  On the other hand, salt stunts the growth of produce from land.  It is an outgrowth of the opposite forces in salt.  When it stands on its own, salt is bitter and destructive.  The middat hadin stops it from having a positive effect.  When mixed into something else, then the clash helps bring to the forefront the strength of the product and it is preserved and its taste is enhanced.  It is the clash that brings out the full potential from within.  Everyone has inside of them a nefesh habehamit and nefesh eloki that struggle with each other.  This is a parallel to the slat.  When one offers a korban, it is not to throw away the nefesh habehamit but to challenge its challenge into a way of coming closer to Hashem.  That is why salt is brought together with the korban; to remind one's self that the struggle becomes part of the solution.