Commentary for Menachot 161:4

רב עילא חלש על לגביה אביי ורבנן ויתבי וקא אמרי אם איתא לדר' יוחנן דאמר חוץ לחומת העזרה קדוש לייתי לחם ולותבה חוץ לחומת העזרה ולימא אי הך דקיימא תודה היא הא לחמה ואי לא ליפוק לחולין

then let him bring the bread-offering and put it down outside the wall of the Sanctuary and let him declare, 'If the surviving [animal] is the [original] thank-offering, then here is its bread-offering; and if not, let it be treated as unconsecrated [bread]'! - [This is no remedy] for there are fou cakes which must be waved,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This was the priest's portion from the bread-offering, one cake from each sort, which had to be waved together with the breast and thigh of the thank-offering.');">⁴</span> and what should one do?

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