Liyluy Nishmas Elchonon Tzvi ben R' Yisroel Menachem, Zekaini Moiri R' Baruch Moshe Aryeh ben Harav Zev Yehuda, My cousin Zev Yehuda ben Rav Shmuel Mordechai, Avraham ben R' Yitzchak Zev, R' Dovid Meir ben Rav Shmuel....
In Perek chaf vav the Torah teach us the Mitzvah of Bikurim (first fruits). In posuk dalid the posuk says "V'lakach Hakohen hatene mi'yadecha v'hinicho lifnei Mizbach Hashem Elokecha" "The Kohen shall take the basket from your hand and lay it before the Mizbeiach of Hashem your God".
The Sapurno explains that the reason why the Kohen places the Bikkurim by the Mizbeiach is to show and make known that they were not brought as a gift for him, but rather to Hashem Yisborach.
The Rosh Yeshiva ztl is bothered by why it is necessary for the Kohen to do this. The person who brought the Bikkurim is already recognizing Hashem in posuk Hei, and it seems pretty clear that he understands that they are for Hashem as Hakaras Hatov.
The Rosh Yeshiva explains, as follows. What the person bringing it says definitely helps show that he is brnging it for Hashem, however without the Kohen's actions people would not be fully margish in their hearts that they were truly for Hashem. They will have heard that its for Hashem but would not fully feel it. People put a lot of faith in what they see without even realizing it, and seeing the Bikkurim go to the Kohen even with the statement would not allow the people there to truly feel that the Bikkurim were for Hashem.
Due to the fact that the human mind works in this way, the Kohen is commanded to place the Bikkurim by the Mizbeiach in order to help everyone in Klal Yisroel truly understand and believe that they are for Hashem for all the he provides for each and every person.
Good Shabbos
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