Sowohl Shtei Halechem als auch Lechem Hapanim wurden außerhalb [des Tempelhofs] geknetet und geformt, aber innen gebacken, und sie [dh ihr Backen] haben keinen Einfluss auf den Schabbat [Verbote]; Rabbi Yehuda sagt, der gesamte Prozess habe im Inneren stattgefunden; Rabbi Shimon sagt, zögern Sie nicht zu sagen, dass [die Vorbereitung von] Shtei Halechem und die [Vorbereitung von] Lechem Hapanim sowohl im Hof als auch im Haus von Pagi [das sich außerhalb des Tempelhofs befand ] gültig sind.
Bartenura on Mishnah Menachot
לישתן ועריכתן בחוץ ואפייתן בפנים – but the reason for this matter is not explained in the Gemara, why their kneading and their rolling is outside [the Temple courtyard] but their baking is inside [the Temple courtyard].
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English Explanation of Mishnah Menachot
Both the two loaves and the showbread their kneading and their shaping were performed outside [the Temple Court], and their baking was inside. According to the first opinion, the two loaves and the showbread are to be prepared outside of the Temple and then baked in the Temple.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Menachot
ואינן דוחות את השבת – their baking.
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And they do not override the Shabbat. Baking these loaves does not override the Shabbat, because they can be done before Shabbat. As we shall see in tomorrow’s mishnah, things override the Shabbat only if they can only be done on Shabbat. If they can be done on another day, then they don’t override the Shabbat.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Menachot
וכשרות בבית פאגי – Maimonides states that it is a place close to the Temple Mount from outside (see Tractate Menahot, Chapter 7, Mishnah 3 – as a special place for the baking of meal-offerings) that they would bake the meal-offerings thee. From the language of (Daniel 1:12-13): “[Please test your servants for ten days, giving us legumes to eat and water to drink. Then compare our appearance with that of the youths] who eat of the king’s food, [and do with your servants as you see fit].” But the Halakha is onot other than according to the words of the first Tanna/teacher.
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Rabbi Judah says: all of these were performed inside [the Temple Court]. Rabbi Judah disagrees with the first opinion, and holds that the kneading and shaping were also performed inside the Temple Court.
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Rabbi Shimon says: One should always accustom himself to say, “The two loaves and the showbread were valid whether made in the Temple Court or in Bet Pagi.” Rabbi Shimon says that it doesn’t matter whether they were baked in the Temple or outside in a place called Bet Pagi, a place where many priests lived. Rabbi Shimon’s words “one should always accustom himself to say” are quite unusual and I have not found them elsewhere in the Mishnah. They seem to mean that Rabbi Shimon finds this halakhah to be quite important and worthy of memorization, more than other halakhot in the Mishnah. It is unclear why this halakhah is singled out.
