Commentary for Menachot 174:9
בעא מיניה רמי בר חמא מרב חסדא חצי עשרון לרבי מאיר גדוש היה או מחוק היה
ONE USED TO MEASURE'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is understood from this expression that the High Priest measured out a half-tenth in the morning and brought it to the Temple, and did likewise in the evening.');"><sup>7</sup></span> But I can point out a contradiction, for we have learnt: The griddle-cakes of the High Priest must not be brought in [two separate] halves, but he must bring a whole tenth and then divide it!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 50b.');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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