Saturday, April 30, 2011

Menachot 52 – All Flour Offerings Were Matzah

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Flour offerings were not allowed to become leavened. Those that consisted of dough had to be offered as matzah, or unleavened bread. The Tor...
Friday, April 29, 2011

Menachot 51 – The Pancakes of Nobody

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If the High Priest dies, his daily pancake offering must be brought nevertheless. Under normal circumstances, he pays for them and brings th...
Thursday, April 28, 2011

Menachot 50 – The Pancakes of the High Priest

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Every day the High Priest was to bring a special flour offering, for which he would take an issaron – five pound bag of flour – from his hom...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Menachot 49 – Are Regular or Shabbat Offerings More Important?

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The daily offerings are not essential – that is, do not preclude – the Shabbat offerings, and the Shabbat offerings are not essential to the...

Menachot 48 – Do We Tell a Person, “Transgress in Order to Gain?”

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If, instead of two lambs, the kohen slaughtered four lambs for two loaves, he still has a way out. He can throw the blood of the two lambs f...

Menachot 47 – How to Allow Lambs to be Eaten

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If the two lambs of Shavuot were slaughtered but then the bread that goes with them was lost, what can be done to allow their consumption? T...
Sunday, April 24, 2011

Menachot 46 – The Loaves and the Lambs on Shavuot

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We learned a disagreement about what happens when either loaves or lambs are not available. However, all agree that once they are connected...