Commentary for Menachot 104:15

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> בעא מיניה רבי פרידא מרבי אמי מנין לכל המנחות שהן באות מצה מנלן דכתיב בה כתיב בה דלא כתיב בה כתיב בה

R'JUDAH SAYS, THAT IS NOT THE BEST WAY,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the yeast is too fresh and not sufficiently potent to leaven well the rest of the meal-offering.');">¹⁸</span> BUT [FIRST OF ALL] LEAVEN MUST BE BROUGHT AND PUT INTO THE MEASURING VESSEL AND THEN THE MEASURING VESSEL IS FILLED UP [WITH FLOUR]. BUT THEY SAID TO HIM, EVEN SO [IT IS NOT SATISFACTORY]; FOR IT WOULD BE SOMETIMES TOO LITTLE AND SOMETIMES TOO MUCH.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For if the yeast used was hard and compressed and of small bulk, there would be more than the usual quantity of flour in this meal-offering, and if, on the other hand, the yeast was of a thin consistency, taking up much space in the vessel, there would be less than the usual quantity of flour, and in either case the meal-offering would be invalid.');">¹⁹</span> <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>R'Perida enquired of R'Ammi, Whence is it derived that all meal-offerings must be offered unleavened? - 'Whence? ' you ask, [R'Ammi replied] but surely where this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the meal-offering shall be unleavened.');">²⁰</span> is expressly stated<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. ibid. II, 4 and 5.');">²¹</span> it is expressly stated, and where it is not expressly stated there is the general statement,

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