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Talmud for Menachot 4:5

חֲבִתֵּי כֹהֵן גָּדוֹל, לֹא הָיוּ בָאוֹת חֲצָיִים, אֶלָּא מֵבִיא עִשָּׂרוֹן שָׁלֵם, וְחוֹצֵהוּ, וּמַקְרִיב מֶחֱצָה בַבֹּקֶר, וּמֶחֱצָה בֵין הָעַרְבָּיִם. וְכֹהֵן שֶׁהִקְרִיב מֶחֱצָה בְּשַׁחֲרִית וּמֵת וּמִנּוּ כֹהֵן אַחֵר תַּחְתָּיו, לֹא יָבִיא חֲצִי עִשָּׂרוֹן מִבֵּיתוֹ, וְלֹא חֲצִי עֶשְׂרוֹנוֹ שֶׁל רִאשׁוֹן, אֶלָּא מֵבִיא עִשָּׂרוֹן שָׁלֵם, וְחוֹצֵהוּ, וּמַקְרִיב מֶחֱצָה, וּמֶחֱצָה אָבֵד. נִמְצְאוּ שְׁנֵי חֲצָיִים קְרֵבִין, וּשְׁנֵי חֲצָיִים אוֹבְדִין. לֹא מִנּוּ כֹהֵן אַחֵר, מִשֶּׁל מִי הָיְתָה קְרֵבָה. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, מִשֶּׁל צִבּוּר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, מִשֶּׁל יוֹרְשִׁים. וּשְׁלֵמָה הָיְתָה קְרֵבָה:

The high priest’s griddle-cakes cannot be brought in [two separate] halves. Rather, he must bring a whole tenth and then divide it, offering a half in the morning and a half towards evening. If a [high] priest offered half in the morning and then died and they appointed another priest in his place, [the successor] may not bring a half-tenth from his house, neither [may he use] the remaining half-tenth of the first [high priest]. Rather, he must bring a whole tenth and divide it, and offer one half and leaving the other half goes to waste. It turns out that two halves are offered and two halves go to waste. If they did not appoint another priest in his place, from whose [expense] was it offered? Rabbi Shimon says: from the community; Rabbi Yehudah says: from his heirs, and [both agreee that] a whole [tenth] was offered.

Jerusalem Talmud Shekalim

The tenth of an ephah from the High Priest71Lev. 6:12–16.. [Rebbi Joḥanan said,]72Correct addition by the corrector. he splits it and then dedicates73The requirement is a tenth of an ephah daily, half in the morning and half in the evening. Since the volume of the flour is prescribed, it must be measured. R. Joḥanan must hold that the measuring vessel is not a Temple vessel which automatically dedicates anything poured into it; otherwise there would be no possibility of dedicating the two parts separately.. Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish said, he dedicates and afterwards splits it. A Mishnah74Mishnah Menaḥot4:5. disagrees with Rebbi Joḥanan: “He brings half of it; the other half is lost.75If a High Priest died after he had brought his morning offering and another was appointed before the evening, the second part of the first’s offering cannot be used anymore, but has to be kept to the next day and then burned outside the sacred compound as disqualified sacrifice. The second one must bring a tenth of an ephah, but only the second half may be used.” He explains it, because even the money has to be brought to the Dead Sea76Since R. Joḥanan holds that even money set aside for the Tenth but not used has to be destroyed (Note 70), he will agree that the second half cannot be used even if not dedicated.. A Mishnah74Mishnah Menaḥot4:5. disagrees with Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish: “It turns out that two halves are brought and two halves are lost.” And it was stated on this77Tosephta Menaḥot7:10.: “If the first one’s, the second half should lose its shape and be brought to the place of burning.78This text is difficult for R. Joḥanan (reading of B) and R. Simeon ben Laqish. For R. Joḥanan, why should the flour become unusable if it was not yet dedicated? The answer is given in Note 76. For R. Simeon ben Laqish, the entire flour is dedicated as sacrifice from the start; if it becomes disqualified in any way, it should be burned immediately and not need waiting for the next day.” He explains it following Rebbi Ismael, for Rebbi Ismael said, the issaron79Since the dedication is automatic, not by his conscious act, it does not have the status of a directly dedicated animal and needs waiting for the next day. dedicates. “If a Cohen comes first to serve, he brings his Tenth and officiates himself.80Sifra Ṣaw Parashah3(3). He has to bring the tenth of an ephah once in his lifetime, when he officiates in the Temple the first time. Lev. 6:13.” The officiating of both a High Priest and a common priest who officiated before they brought their tenth of an ephah is valid. Rebbi Mana wanted to say, if on that very day81A Cohen was appointed as High Priest on the day he first came to officiate in the Temple. Confirmed Babli Menaḥot78a. he was appointed High Priest he brings two, one for his initiation and one as daily obligation.
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