Audio by Dr. Michael Sokolow

Mishnah Menachot 6:3: All grain offerings that are prepared in a vessel require three applications of oil: pouring, mixing and putting oil in the vessel before they are made. The [baked] loaves were mixed [with oil after breaking into pieces], the words of Rabbi [Judah Hanasi]. But the sages say: [while they were still] fine flour [were they mixed with oil]. The loaves require mixing and the wafers anointing. How did he anoint them? Like [the Greek letter] chi And the rest of the oil was eaten by the priests.

כל המנחות הנעשות בכלי, טעונות שלש מתנות שמן, יציקה, ובלילה, ומתן שמן בכלי קדם לעשיתן. והחלות בוללן, דברי רבי. וחכמים אומרים סלת. החלות טעונות בלילה, והרקיקים משוחין. כיצד מושחן, כמין כי. ושאר השמן נאכל לכהנים.

Mishnah Menachot 6:4: All grain offerings prepared in a vessel must be broken into pieces. The grain offering of an Israelite was folded into two and the two were folded into four, and he separated [it at each bend]. The grain offering of priests was folded into two and the two were folded into four, but he does not separate. The grain offering of the anointed high priest was not folded. Rabbi Shimon says: neither the grain offering of the priests nor the grain offering of the anointed high priest was broken in pieces, since the handful was not taken from them, and whenever the handful is not taken [from a grain offering] it is not to be broken in pieces. And they were all an olive's bulk.

כל המנחות הנעשות בכלי, טעונות פתיתה. מנחת ישראל, כופל אחד לשנים, ושנים לארבעה, ומבדיל. מנחת כהנים, כופל אחד לשנים, ושנים לארבעה, ואינו מבדיל. מנחת כהן המשיח, לא היה מכפלה. רבי שמעון אומר, מנחת כהנים ומנחת כהן משיח אין בהם פתיתה, מפני שאין בהם קמיצה. וכל שאין בהם קמיצה, אין בהן פתיתה. וכלן כזיתים.

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