Commentaire sur Le Lévitique 3:5

העולה ‎‎על‎ means [HE SHALL BURN IT] BESIDES THE BURNT OFFERING. Scripture thus teaches us that the continual burnt-offering should be placed on the wood-pile before any other sacrifice (cf. Zevachim 89a; Tosafot on Zevachim 89a 1.1. כל התדיר and Rashi on Exodus 6:5).

AND AARON’S SONS SHALL CAUSE IT TO ASCEND IN FUMES. This is like His saying further on, And the priest shall cause them to ascend in fumes,²⁴⁸Further, Verse 16. for there He alludes to all those portions of the offering which are burnt on the altar, [hence He refers to them in the plural, while here He alludes to the offering as such, and therefore He speaks of it in the singular]. The interpretation [of the Rabbis] on it is as follows:²⁴⁹Torath Kohanim, Vayikra 14:10. “And Aaron’s sons shall cause it to ascend.²⁵⁰Here in Verse 5 before us, in the case of the peace-offering brought from the herd. And the priest shall cause it to ascend.²⁵¹Further, Verse 11 — in the case of the peace-offering of the flock. And the priest shall cause them to ascend.²⁵²Further, Verse 16 — in the case of the peace-offering of the goats. Why are all these verses mentioned? And Aaron’s sons shall cause it to ascend²⁵⁰Here in Verse 5 before us, in the case of the peace-offering brought from the herd. — only if the offering is acceptable, but not if it has become disqualified. And the priest shall cause it to ascend²⁵¹Further, Verse 11 — in the case of the peace-offering of the flock. — [this teaches] that he should not mix the fats of one offering with those of another [even though they are both of the flock]. And the priest shall cause them to ascend — [this teaches] that he should burn them all at one time.”

Every sacrifice. Rashi does not derive that [the daily burnt-offering] must precede [every sacrifice] from “על העולה,” because there is no implication from the word על, which means “aside from,” whether it precedes or comes after. Rather, [he derives this] from what is written later: “That is on the logs which are on the fire,” which implies they already arranged the burnt offering on the logs which are on the fire.

על העולה, according to the plain meaning of the text: “with the burnt offering,” as in Exodus 35,22: ויבאו האנשים על הנשים, “the men came with the women,” or as in Leviticus 25,31: על שדה הארץ יחשב, “it shall be reckoned with the field of the land.”

העולה, “the burnt offering;” the one that has been discussed in detail, the daily communal burnt offering.