Menachos 27a

מנחות כ״ז ע״א

Menachot 27a

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Topic

Which parts of מנחות, קרבנות and other מצוות hold each other back (מעכבין), and the sources for each, including the dispute over tying the לולב

Overview

The amud opens by finishing a question about burning the קומץ: according to the view that "על" can mean "next to," must it be literally on the wood? The question ends in תיקו. Then a new משנה teaches that for the קומץ, the flour, the wine and the oil, even a small missing part holds back the whole, and that flour and oil, and קומץ and לבונה, each hold back the other. The גמרא gives a פסוק as the source for each rule. A second משנה lists sets where every item is required: the goats of יום הכפורים, the sheep and loaves of עצרת, the לחם הפנים and its bowls, the loaves of the נזיר and the תודה, the items of the פרה אדומה and the מצורע, the four species of לולב, and several sets of sprinklings of blood. The גמרא finds a source word for each, mostly חוקה, הויה or כן יעשה. רב חנן בר רבא limits the לולב rule, and the גמרא shows his view matches the רבנן against רבי יהודה, who requires the species to be tied together. According to the רבנן, tying is only a way to beautify the מצוה (זה אלי ואנוהו). The amud ends as a ברייתא begins explaining why the sprinklings of other inner חטאות are also required, and that explanation continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

The steps (36)

1. StatementFor the literal view, there is no question
2. QuestionThe question only arises for the view that 'on' means 'next to'
3. ConclusionThe question is left unresolved
4. StatementNew משנה: even a small missing part holds back the whole
5. StatementPaired items hold each other back
6. QuestionWhy does a missing bit of the handful ruin it?
7. ResponseThe handful is mentioned twice in the Torah
8. QuestionWhy does a missing bit of the flour ruin it?
9. ResponseThe word 'of its flour' teaches the whole amount is needed
10. ResponseThe wine is learned from the word 'so'
11. ResponseThe oil has two sources, depending on the kind of meal offering
12. ResponseSource that the oil and flour hold each other back
13. ResponseSource that the handful and the frankincense hold each other back
14. StatementNew משנה: goats of יום הכפורים, sheep and loaves of עצרת
15. StatementThe two rows and two bowls of the לחם הפנים
16. StatementGroups of species and loaves that hold each other back
17. StatementSprinklings of blood that hold each other back
18. ResponseWhy the two goats of יום הכפורים hold each other back
19. ResponseWhy the two sheep and the two loaves of עצרת hold each other back
20. ResponseShewbread rows and bowls: the word חוקה
21. Responseנזיר loaves and the three items of the פרה
22. ResponseThe תודה loaves learn from the נזיר
23. Responseמצורע and לולב: 'תהיה' and a complete taking
24. Statementרב חנן בר רבא limits the rule that the four species hold each other back
25. ChallengeA ברייתא says you need all four species in one bundle
26. Resolutionתנאים argue whether the לולב must be tied together
27. QuestionWhat is רבי יהודה's source?
28. Responseרבי יהודה learns from the bundle of hyssop
29. ResponseThe רבנן do not learn this comparison
30. ChallengeA ברייתא that fits neither opinion
31. ResolutionThe ברייתא follows the רבנן: tying makes the מצוה beautiful
32. ResponseThe seven sprinklings of the red heifer hold each other back
33. ResponseThe יום הכפורים sprinklings hold each other back because of the word חוקה
34. ProofA ברייתא is the source for the other inner sin offerings
35. QuestionWhy does the verse need to say this
36. ResponseThe verse repeats the command of the sprinklings