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as he says that one who sacrifices a palges brings the meal offering and the libation of a ram and stipulates: If it is a ram, this is its meal offering and libation, and if it is a lamb, whose meal offering and libation are less than that of the ram, then the remainder will be a gift offering.
The dilemma is: Do we say that he stipulates only if it is a ram or if it is a lamb, but he does not stipulate the possibility that it is an entity in and of itself, as bar Padda does not accept such a possibility? If so, bar Padda holds that one who vowed to bring a ram or a lamb can fulfill his o
§ The concept of an entity in and of itself is mentioned with regard to a thanks offering, with which one must bring 20 tenths of an ephah for the accompanying loaves: 10 tenths of an ephah for matza and 10 for leavened bread. R' Zeira raises a dilemma: With regard to one who says: It is incumbent
The Talmud asks: Siur according to whose opinion? If the reference is to the siur of R' Meir, who says that it is dough at the stage when its surface pales, according to R' Yehuda it is not leavened bread at all; it is full-fledged matza and one fulfills his vow to bring matza.
If the reference is to the siur of R' Yehuda, who says that it is dough at the stage when it has cracks that look like the antennae of locusts and is in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir, R' Meir holds that it is full-fledged leavened bread, and one fulfills his vow to bring leavened bread.