Menachos 100a

מנחות ק׳ ע״א

Menachot 100a

Learn Menachos 100a step by step: Aramaic beside English, every question, answer and proof colour-coded.

Open Menachos 100a in Gemara Clarity

Topic

The end of a teaching about גיהנום, the 'בבלים' in the משנה, the timing of the לחם הפנים on the שולחן, and whether כלי שרת make things holy at the wrong time.

Overview

The amud opens by finishing a teaching about גיהנום. Each 'lest you say' raises a wrong idea, and a פסוק corrects it, ending with the promise that the righteous get real blessing, not just rescue. The גמרא then explains that the 'בבלים' in the משנה who ate the שעיר raw were really Alexandrians, called 'בבלים' as an insult, and רבי יהודה is relieved. A new משנה teaches that the לחם הפנים and בזיכין must sit on the שולחן a full week, from שבת to שבת, and that leaving them longer does no harm. The גמרא then quotes a משנה in יומא about checking for dawn before slaughtering the תמיד, because a תמיד slaughtered at night once had to be burned. אבוה דרבי אבין adds that a bird עולה pinched at night or a מנחה whose קומץ was taken at night is also burned, because כלי שרת make their contents holy even at the wrong time. The גמרא refines this: at the wrong time the כלי makes something holy enough to be disqualified, but not holy enough to be offered. רבי זירא challenges this from the bread placed after שבת, and רבה answers that a night early is not 'too early,' but days early is. The amud ends as the גמרא begins one more challenge, which continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

The steps (26)

1. Proofגיהנום is narrow at the opening but wide inside
2. Proofגיהנום is prepared even for a king
3. Proofגיהנום has much wood for its fire
4. ProofEscaping גיהנום is not the whole reward
5. StatementBack to the משנה: יום הכפורים on שבת
6. StatementThe 'Babylonians' were really Alexandrians
7. ProofA ברייתא from רבי יוסי says the same
8. Conclusionרבי יהודה is relieved
9. StatementBread placed on שבת, bowls placed after שבת
10. StatementBoth placed on שבת, frankincense burned after the next שבת
11. StatementBoth placed after שבת, and how to fix it
12. StatementChecking whether it is time to slaughter
13. Statementמתתיא בן שמואל waits for more light
14. QuestionWhy was the careful dawn check needed?
15. ResponseMoonlight was once mistaken for dawn
16. StatementThe כהן גדול immerses, and the Temple rule on purification
17. StatementA bird עולה or a מנחה done at night is also burned
18. ChallengeWhy burn the מנחה if the handful can be put back?
19. ResolutionService vessels make things holy even at the wrong time
20. ChallengeA ברייתא about when offerings become holy
21. ChallengeDaytime only, not at night
22. ResolutionHoly enough to be disqualified, not to be offered
23. Challengeרבי זירא's challenge from the bread placed after שבת
24. ChallengeWhy doesn't the bread placed after שבת become holy and then disqualified?
25. ResolutionThe night before counts as the same time, but days early does not
26. ChallengeThe גמרא begins another challenge