Commento su Menahot 6:7
הָעֹמֶר הָיָה מְנֻפֶּה בִּשְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה נָפָה. וּשְׁתֵּי הַלֶּחֶם בִּשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה. וְלֶחֶם הַפָּנִים בְּאַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, לֹא הָיָה לָהּ קִצְבָּה, אֶלָּא סֹלֶת מְנֻפָּה כָּל צָרְכָּהּ הָיָה מֵבִיא, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא כד), וְלָקַחְתָּ סֹלֶת וְאָפִיתָ אֹתָהּ, עַד שֶׁתְּהֵא מְנֻפָּה כָּל צָרְכָּהּ:
L' omero fu setacciato in tredici setacci, i due pani [di Shavuot] in dodici e il pane dello spettacolo in undici. Il rabbino Shimon disse che non vi era alcun [numero] fisso, ma la farina che fu setacciata quanto necessario fu portata come dice (Levitico 24) "Dovrai prendere la farina e cuocerla" - finché non sarà setacciata quanto basta.
Bartenura on Mishnah Menachot
היה מנופה בשלש עשרה נפה – one above the other. And all of this is for the commandment, but it does not indispensable, for if he brought Omer Issaron from four Seah or he brought from two Seah, he did not invalidate it.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Menachot
Introduction
This mishnah deals with how well the flour must be sifted for certain minhah offerings.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Menachot
רבי שמעון אומר לא היה לה קצבה – and even ab initio the Sages did not give a limit from how many Seah of wheat or barely they bring the Omer or the two loaves or the shew bread, but rather we see in the choice flour that it was sifted according to its needs and it was sufficient. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Shimon.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Menachot
The omer was sifted through thirteen sieves, the two loaves through twelve, and the showbread through eleven. The omer was sifted thirteen times, each time making the flour a bit finer. The two loaves for Shavuot were sifted a bit less and showbread was sifted only (!) eleven times. This accords with what we learned in yesterday’s mishnah the greatest amount of grain was needed for the omer, a little bit less for the two loaves and the least for the showbread.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Menachot
Rabbi Shimon says: there was no prescribed number for them, rather they brought fine flour and sifted it as much as was necessary, as it is said, “You shall take fine flour and bake it” (Leviticus 24:5) [you should not bake it] until it is sifted as much as is necessary. Rabbi Shimon holds that there was no prescribed amount for how much the showbread had to be sifted or how much grain had to be used (yesterday’s mishnah). Rather, whatever was needed was used. He proves this from a verse which states that the flour must be fine, but does not give a prescribed amount.
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