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§ A baraita states: The leftover of the incense, from the 3 extra maneh each year, would accumulate so that once every 60 or every 70 years they would blend the incense for the new year by halves, i.e., they required only half the usual amount, and the other half would come from the leftover incen
Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel added: But I did not hear the same with regard to the blending of 1/3rd or 1/4th of the amount of the incense. And the Rabbis say: Every day one would prepare incense for the day according to its composition, i.e., in the appropriate ratio for each ingredient, and he would
The Talmud comments: This opinion of the Rabbis supports the opinion of Rava, as Rava says: With regard to the anointing oil that one blended in parts, i.e., in any amount, in order to apply it to the skin, he is exempt, but if one blended the incense to smell it, even in parts, he is liable, as i
A baraita states: They would return the incense to the mortar to regrind it twice a year; in the summer they would place it scattered so that it should not grow moldy, while in the winter it was kept piled, in order that its scent should not dissipate. And when one would grind the incense he would
And as for the extra 3 maneh of incense from which the High Priest would bring in his handful required on Yom Kippur, one would place it in the mortar on Yom Kippur eve and grind it thoroughly so that the incense should be extra fine. As it is taught in a baraita: The verse states, with regard to th