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Back to SearchMenachot 25 - February 5, 18 Shvat
The tzitz (headplate of the Kohen Gadol) effects atonement only for the disqualification of impurity (tum'ah) and not for other disqualifications suc…
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Menachot 24 - February 4, 17 Shvat
A Mishna in Chagigah 20b explains that sanctified items placed in the same sanctified vessel are considered combined for purposes of impurity; for ex…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Menachot 23 - February 3, 16 Shvat
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Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish disagree about a case where oil was placed on the kometz of a mincha of a sinner, which is not meant to …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Menachot 22 - February 2, 15 Shvat
Rav Mordechai reinstates the original interpretation of Shmuel's limitation on the Mishna in Shekalim 7:7 - namely, that the court permitted the koha…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Menachot 21 - February 1, 14 Shvat
The braita initially listed two items offered on the altar that do not require salting: wood and blood. However, the Gemara notes a difficulty: this …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Menachot 20 - Shabbat January 31, 13 Shvat
Rav explained that details that are essential (me'akev) are specifically those that are repeated (appear twice) in the text. Rav Huna raises a diffic…
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Menachot 19 - January 30, 12 Shvat
The dispute between the Rabbis and Rabbi Shimon on whether pouring of the oil of a meal offering requires a kohen is based on different ways of inter…
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Menachot 18 - January 29, 11 Shvat
The Gemara explains the braita in a different way than previously to show that there is really no Tannaitic opinion that Rabbi Eliezer holds one is l…
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Menachot 17 - January 28, 10 Shvat
The sharp scholars (charifei) of Pumbedita argue that one burning can create pigul for another. Specifically, if one burns the kometz (handful) with …
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Menachot 16 - January 27, 9 Shvat
Rabbi Meir and the rabbis disagree about whether the meal offering can become pigul if the pigul thought was only during part of the permitting act (…
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