MEMORIAL PORTION — the small handful of flour, oil, and frankincense the priest burns from a grain offering; everything else is left as food for Aaron and his sons (Leviticus 2:2). Built on the root zakhar, 'to remember' — the smoke that goes up is not the whole gift but a reminder OF it, standing in for a totality that is mostly eaten rather than burned. It recurs at 2:9, 2:16, 5:12, 6:15, and 24:7 (the last of the showbread), always naming the same principle: a part, formally set apart, made to represent the whole before God. → first discussed at Lev 2:2