Commentary for Menachot 174:1

מחוק שבו היה מודד לחביתי כהן גדול

With the level measure they used to measure the griddle-cakes of the High Priest.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This meal-offering of the High Priest was not measured by the heaped measure, for when dividing it into halves the flour would certainly pour out on to the ground.');">¹</span> But the Sages said, There was but one tenth measure there, as it is said, And one tenth for every lamb.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXIX, 4.');">²</span>

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