Leviticus 3: We Come in Peace

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Jan 6, 2026 · 2m

“If his sacrifice is a Shlamim offering, if he brings it from cattle, whether male or female, unblemished he shall bring it before the Lord” (verse 1).

וְאִם־זֶבַח שְׁלָמִים קָרְבָּנוֹ אִם־מִן־הַבָּקָר הוּא מַקְרִיב אִם־זָכָר אִם־נְקֵבָה תָּמִים יַקְרִיבֶנּוּ לִפְנֵי ה׳׃

Why is this korban called a shlamim? Rashi gives two answers. Both answers connect shlamim with the word shalom. His first answer is that the shlamim brings peace into the world, although Rashi does not explain why. Other commentators explain that the shlamim brings peace into the world through the connection between God and…