Torah Portion: Vayikra
On your every offering shall you offer salt (Vayikra 2:13).
It is a positive commandment to apply salt on the meat of offerings and on the flour of meal-offerings, as it is written, On your every offering shall you offer salt (Vayikra 2:13).
Among the roots of the mitzvah is the idea that has been clarified above: to perfect and polish the soul of the person bringing the offering, therefore, in order to arouse his soul, he was commanded to offer those items that are good and desirable to him. Using salt as part of offerings also falls under this root-idea: In order for this action [of presenting an offering] to be complete, nothing that human would find incomplete should be left out, and in this way his heart will be aroused more — without salt no one enjoys the flavor or the aroma of any food. In addition, there is another aspect to salt, in that salt preserves items, protecting food from spoiling or rotting. So, too, the act of bringing an offering protects the person from loss, and his soul will be protected forever.
This mitzvah applies when the Holy Temple stands, to kohanim.
