Commentary for Menachot 173:25

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AND THE HALF-TENTH.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' These were the two measuring standards used in the Temple for dry-stuffs; but of course there were many vessels of each size.');">²⁸</span> R'MEIR SAYS, A TENTH, [ANOTHER] TENTH, AND A HALF-TENTH. FOR WHAT PURPOSE DID THE TENTH MEASURE SERVE? BY IT ONE USED TO MEASURE THE MEAL-OFFERINGS. ONE DID NOT MEASURE WITH A THREE-TENTHS MEASURE [THE MEAL-OFFERING] FOR A BULLOCK<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which consisted of three tenths of flour.');">²⁹</span> OR WITH A TWO-TENTHS MEASURE [THE MEAL-OFFERING] FOR A RAM,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which consisted of two tenths.');">³⁰</span> BUT ONE MEASURED THEM BY SO MANY TENTHS. FOR WHAT PURPOSE DID THE HALF-TENTH MEASURE SERVE? BY IT ONE USED TO MEASURE THE GRIDDLECAKES OF THE HIGH PRIEST<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Lev. VI, 13ff.');">³¹</span> [WHICH WAS OFFERED] THE HALF IN THE MORNING AND THE HALF TOWARDS EVENING. <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>It was taught: R'Meir used to say. Wherefore does the text state, A tenth, a tenth for every lamb?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXVIII, 29.');">³²</span> To teach you that there were two tenth measures in the Temple, one heaped<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the vessel was actually less than a tenth and only when heaped did it amount to a tenth.');">³³</span> and the other level. With the heaped measure they used to measure all meal-offerings.

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