Rashi notes the use of the word “nefesh,” soul, in reference to the Korban Minchah. Indeed, the Torah uses this word only in regard to the Korban Minchah. A meal-offering is the most inexpensive of all korbanos. It is the korban of choice for the poor man who seeks to donate whatever he can put together as a korban. Hashem recognizes the source of this korban – the nefesh – of the person who gave so much of himself, because he had nothing else to give. The “azkarah,” remembrance — which consists of the scoop of the offering — is…
