Menachot 96A

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This is because he is, i.e., I am, dangerously ill, being utterly famished, and a non-priest may eat sacrificial food in a life-threatening situation. And with regard to R' Yehuda and R' Shimon, their dispute does not stem from the interpretation of the verses. Rather, they disagree with regard to

The language of the Mishnah is also precise, as it teaches that R' Shimon says: One should always be accustomed to say that the two loaves and the shewbread are fit if they were prepared in the Temple courtyard and they are also fit if they were prepared in Beit Pagei. The term: One should always

Mishnah: With regard to the 12 loaves of the High Priest’s griddle-cake offering, of which 6 are offered in the morning and 6 in the evening, their kneading, the forming of their loaves, and their baking take place inside the Temple courtyard, and all types of labor involved in those actions overri

All preparatory procedures of the meal offerings that take place inside the Temple courtyard, e.g., kneading and forming the High Priest’s griddle cakes, involve the use of a service vessel that consecrates the offerings. But any preparatory procedures that take place outside the Temple courtyard, e

With regard to the two loaves, their length is 7 handbreadths, their width is 4 handbreadths, and they have hornlike protrusions made of dough that are attached to each of their corners, which are 4 fingerbreadths high. With regard to the loaves of shewbread, their length is 10 handbreadths, their w