Commentary for Menachot 14:10

ואיתמר א"ר זריקא אמר רבי אלעזר אף בדם לא קידש אמר רבא תניא נמי הכי (בפני כהן מניח) וטבל ולא מספיג

less than the quantity required for sprinkling in one vessel and again less than the quantity required for sprinkling in another vessel, the mixing is not valid.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even though subsequently the two quantities when combined in one vessel amounted to the required quantity. For the required quantity v. Parah XII, 5: 'Sufficient for the tips of the hyssop stalks to be dipped therein and water sufficient to be sprinkled.'');">¹⁰</span> And the question was raised, How is it with regard to the blood?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the blood of offerings which had to be sprinkled seven times within, i.e., upon the golden altar and towards the veil. The question is: May the priest receive the blood, say sufficient for four sprinklings in one vessel and sufficient for three in another vessel?');">¹¹</span>

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