## Malbim Ayelet HaShachar Klal 428

###### Malbim Ayelet HaShachar 428:1
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יש הבדל בין **דשן** ובין **אפר**.

**Ayelet Hashachar, translated by Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2021:**
There is a difference between **דשן** (fertilizer) and **אפר** (ash):


###### Malbim Ayelet HaShachar 428:2
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ששם 'דשן' לא בא בתנ"ך רק על דברים שמנים הנשרפים שהאש מסיר את הדשן והשומן. (ויש הבדל בין **דשן** ו**שמן**. 'דשן' מורה על הלחות הטבעי השרשי בחי, ודשן המזבח הם החלקים שהוסר מהם הלחלוחית הזה על ידי האש)

**Ayelet Hashachar, translated by Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2021:**
The noun **דשן** refers in the Scripture only to oily substances that are burned, where the fire removes the fertilizer and the fat. (And there is a difference between **דשן** (fertilizer) and **שמן** (oil): **דשן** teaches about the natural moisture of the roots of living things, while the **דשן** of the altar is slippery and is given this moisture through the fire.)


###### Malbim Ayelet HaShachar 428:3
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אבל שם **אפר** כולל כל הנשרף. וכשבא על דבר דשן שנשרף יקרא בשם 'דשן' תיכף כששלט בו האש. אבל בשם 'אפר' לא יקרא עד שנעשה כאבק (צו ס' יא)

**Ayelet Hashachar, translated by Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2021:**
But the name **אפר** includes all that is burned. And when it refers to fertilizer that is burned, it is called **דשן** as soon as the fire dominates it. But with the noun **אפר**, it is not called this until it is made as dust.