Menachot 54A

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with the juice of apples, as the dough will not leaven properly. It was said in the name of R' Ḥanina ben Gamliel that one may leaven these meal offerings with juice from apples, as this is considered proper leavening. The Talmud notes that Rav Kahana would teach this halakha in the name of R' Ḥani

The Talmud analyzes this dispute. In accordance with whose opinion is that which we learned in a Mishnah (Terumot 10:2): In the case of an apple of teruma that one mashed and placed in non-sacred dough, and the juice of the apple leavened the dough, this dough is prohibited to be consumed by anyone

The Talmud reiterates the question: In accordance with whose opinion is this Mishnah? Shall we say that it is in accordance with the opinion of R' Ḥanina ben Gamliel, who maintains that the juice of apples causes the dough to leaven properly, and not in accordance with the ruling of the Rabbis, th

§ On the previous amud the Talmud cited the opinion of Rabba and Rav Yosef that measuring the flour in the leavening dough must be performed before water is added. The Talmud discusses this matter further. R' Ila says: Of all the meal offerings, you do not have a meal offering whose removal of the

The Talmud analyzes this dispute. Let us say that these amora’im disagree about this: As one Sage, Rav Yitzḥak bar Avdimi, holds that one measures meal offerings as they are, in their current state, after they have been mixed into a dough. Therefore it is permitted to perform the removal of the ha