Commentary for Menachot 174:16

בעא מיניה רמי בר חמא מרב חסדא שלחן מהו שיקדש קמצים בגודש שלו מדמקדש לחם קמצים נמי מקדש או דלמא דחזי ליה מקדש דלא חזי ליה לא מקדש

but not what is not prescribed for it? - He replied, It would not hallow them. But this cannot be right, for did not R'Johanan say that according to the one who holds that two and a half handbreadths [of each cake] were turned up [at either end], it will be seen that the table hallowed everything that was on it to a height of fifteen handbreadths;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra 96a. The cakes of the Shewbread were each ten handbreadths long, and the table, according to R. Judah, was five handbreadths wide. Now as the cakes were set lengthwise across the breadth of the table, two and a half handbreadths of the cake would overlap the table at each end. Accordingly this amount was turned up; then the second cake was placed upon it and likewise turned up at its ends and so on, so that the six cakes rose to a height of fifteen cubits (6 X 2 1/2) above the surface of the table.');">¹⁵</span>

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