Study Menachot folio 11B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
The Talmud asks: But isn’t it taught in a baraita that R' Shimon says: A handful of flour or frankincense that was decreased by any amount from its full measure is disqualified? The Talmud answers that one should teach the baraita as follows: A pinch of frankincense that was decreased by any amount
R' Yitzḥak bar Yosef says that R' Yoḥanan says: There are 3 disputes of tanna’im with regard to the matter. R' Meir holds that the priest must remove a handful at the beginning, and ultimately the entire handful must be burned upon the altar. And R' Yehuda holds that the priest must remove a handfu
And all 3 of them interpret a single verse differently. The verse states: “And he shall take up from there his handful, of the fine flour of the meal offering, and of the oil of it, and [ve’et] all the frankincense that is upon the meal offering, and shall make it smoke upon the altar” (Leviticus 6
And R' Yitzḥak bar Yosef further says that R' Yoḥanan says: The dispute between these tanna’im is with regard to frankincense that comes with a meal offering. But with regard to frankincense that comes by itself, everyone, even R' Yehuda and R' Shimon, agrees that the priest must bring a handful a
And R' Yitzḥak bar Yosef says that R' Yoḥanan says: The dispute between these tanna’im is with regard to frankincense that comes with a meal offering. But with regard to frankincense that comes in bowls together with the shewbread, everyone, even R' Yehuda and R' Shimon, agrees that there must be