Menachos 94a

מנחות צ״ד ע״א

Menachot 94a

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Topic

סמיכה and תנופה with partners and on slaughtered animals, then the kneading, baking and molds of the שתי הלחם and the לחם הפנים.

Overview

The amud opens with the end of a משנה: תנופה (waving) reaches further than סמיכה (placing hands), because it applies to slaughtered and non-living items too. A ברייתא learns from the word "קׇרְבָּנוֹ" that every owner of a קרבן must do סמיכה. Without that word, a קל וחומר from תנופה would have taught that one partner is enough. The גמרא then flips the קל וחומר to say every partner should also wave. It answers that this cannot be done: waving together creates a חציצה, and the תורה says one תנופה, not many. Next, a משנה about the כהן גדול leaning on slaughtered limbs seems to show סמיכה after שחיטה. אביי answers that this leaning is only for the כהן גדול's honor. The פרק שתי מדות then ends. A new משנה teaches how the שתי הלחם and the לחם הפנים are kneaded, baked, and kept in molds, and the גמרא finds פסוקים for these rules and explains the three molds. The amud ends by asking what shape the לחם הפנים had, and the answer comes on the next amud.

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The steps (20)

1. StatementWaving reaches live and slaughtered, living and non-living items
2. Statement"His offering" includes every owner in placing hands
3. ChallengeA logical argument that one partner should be enough
4. ResolutionThe verse overrides the logic
5. ChallengeFlip it: maybe every partner must wave too
6. ResolutionNot every partner can wave, because there is no workable way to do it
7. ChallengeA משנה shows the כהן גדול leaning on slaughtered limbs
8. ResolutionThe High Priest's leaning on limbs is only for his honor
9. ConclusionHadran — Closing the chapter שתי מדות
10. StatementHow the שתי הלחם and the לחם הפנים are kneaded and baked
11. QuestionAsking for the source of the kneading and baking rules
12. ResponseThe לחם הפנים are kneaded one loaf at a time
13. ResponseThe שתי הלחם are also kneaded one at a time
14. ResponseThe לחם הפנים are baked two at a time, but the שתי הלחם are not
15. ChallengeWasn't the word "them" already used?
16. ResolutionThe long wording teaches two things
17. StatementThe three molds used for the לחם הפנים
18. ChallengeWhy not reuse the first mold?
19. ResolutionBaked bread swells
20. QuestionWhat shape was the לחם הפנים?