Thursday, March 31, 2011

Menachot 22 – Using Communal Wood, Mixing Handfuls

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When one brings his personal sacrifices, he gets to use the Temple wood, bought with communal funds. For you might think that he needs to br...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Menachot 21 – Wooden Blocks are Also Sacrifices

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According to Rabbi Yehudah the Prince, one can bring wood blocks as a standalone sacrifice. The minimum in this case would be two blocks, an...

Menachot 20 – Covenant of Salt

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Rav stated a rule that any law about flour offering that is repeated in the Torah is essential and cannot be omitted. But consider the salt...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Menachot 19 – Torah Repetitions Emphasize Requirement

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Rav said, “Wherever the Torah stated 'law' and 'decree', it means to make the step essential, so that if it is omitted, the ...
Sunday, March 27, 2011

Menachot 18 – Proper Procedure for the Flour Offering

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Yosef the Babylonian asked Rabbi Elazar ben Shamua, “Teacher, if one slaughters a sacrifice with the intent to leave over some of its blood ...

Menachot 17 - The “Eating” of the Altar

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The handful of flour taken from the offering is burned on the Altar. If one wants to eat it instead, beyond permitted time, the offering rem...
Friday, March 25, 2011

Menachot 16 – Libations are Rejected because the Sacrifice is Rejected

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Many sacrifices were accompanied by libations in the form of wine and flour. If the kohen had the wrong intent to eat the meat of the sacrif...