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“And this is the law of the meal offering: The sons of Aaron shall sacrifice it before YHWH in front of the altar…And that which is left of it Aaron and his sons shall eat; it shall be eaten as matzot” (Leviticus 6:7–9). These verses demonstrate that there is a general requirement that meal offering
R' Ami said to R' Perida: With regard to the halakha that the requirement that meal offerings must come as matza is indispensable, it is also written: “It shall not be baked as leavened bread” (Leviticus 6:10), but rather must come as matza. This additional verse indicates that even after the fact,
Rav Ḥisda objects to this: But one can say that the verse should be interpreted as follows: “It shall not be baked as leavened bread,” i.e., fully leavened, but it can be brought even if it has been leavened slightly with leavening [siur] dough. Although it does not have the status of leavened brea
The Talmud analyzes Rav Ḥisda’s objection, as there is a dispute among the rabbis with regard to the definition of siur (see Pesaḥim 48b). According to R' Meir, siur is dough at the beginning of the leavening process, when its surface has become pale. Conversely, R' Yehuda maintains that siur is dou
Furthermore, if Rav Ḥisda is referring to siur as defined by R' Meir, then even according to the opinion of R' Meir himself the objection does not arise. The reason is that from the fact that R' Meir rules that one who eats this siur on Passover is flogged for it, this indicates that it is deemed