Commentary for Menachot 100:5
כהן שמביא מחצה שחרית ומת ומינו כהן אחר תחתיו לא יביא חצי עשרון מביתו וחצי עשרונו של ראשון אלא מביא עשרון שלם (מחצה) וחוצהו מקריב מחצה ומחצה אבד נמצאו שני חצאין קריבין ושני חצאין אובדין:
THUS THE RESULT IS THAT TWO HALVES ARE OFFERED AND TWO HALVES ARE LEFT TO PERISH. <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>Our Rabbis taught: Had Scripture stated, 'For a meal-offering a half', I should then have thought that he must bring a half-tenth from his house in the morning and offer it and a half-tenth from his house in the evening and offer it; but Scripture states, Half of it in the morning,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. VI, 13. 'Of it' signifies that there is before us a whole tenth but that only a half of it is to be offered.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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