Les lechem hapanim sont soumis à la meilah une fois qu'ils ont été sanctifiés. Une fois qu'ils ont formé une croûte dans le four, ils deviennent susceptibles de devenir inéligibles [s'ils sont touchés] par un tevul yom , un mechusar kippurim et à travers linah et ensuite ils peuvent être placés sur le shulchan [la table d'or dans le temple]. Une fois que les cuillères d'encens ont été offertes [sur l'autel], on est responsable du pigul , du notar et du tamei et l'autre n'est pas responsable de la meilah .
Bartenura on Mishnah Meilah
לחם הפנים – here also we don’t have the reading "ובלינה"/being left overnight, because it is baked on Friday (i.e., the Eve of the Sabbath) and is not consumed until the following Sabbath.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Meilah
Introduction
Today’s mishnah deals with the showbread that is placed on the table in the Sanctuary every Shabbat.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Meilah
קרבו הבזיכין (when dishes of incense have been offered) – that is, its preliminary acts, that on Shabbat at the time of the removal of the bread, they would offer dishes of incense of frankincense.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Meilah
The law of sacrilege applies to the showbread from the moment of its dedication. See above mishnayot.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Meilah
ואין בו מעילה – for it was permitted to the Kohanim and its command had been performed.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Meilah
Once it has formed a crust in the oven it becomes susceptible to be disqualified through contact with a tevul yom or one who still requires atonement, and it may be arranged upon the table [of the Sanctuary]. As with the two loaves in yesterday’s mishnah, the showbread can become disqualified once it has become crusted. It is also at this point that it can be taken out of the oven and arranged on the table.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Meilah
Once the dishes of incense have been offered it is subject to [the laws of] piggul, notar and defilement, and the law of sacrilege no longer applies to it. Two dishes of incense were placed over the showbread. If the bread was “piggul” while he was burning the incense he had the intent of eating the bread on the next day he would be liable for eating it. Similarly, if he waited until it was remnant (notar) or ate it after it was defiled he would be liable. As is always the case, once the bread has become defiled, it is no longer subject to the law of sacrilege.
