Commentary for Menachot 188:4

בשלמא למאן דאמר כמין תיבה פרוצה היינו דסמכי ליה סניפין ללחם אלא למאן דאמר כמין ספינה רוקדת היכי סמכי ליה סניפין ללחם דעגיל להו מיעגל

but according to him who says 'like a ship's keel', how could the rods lie [on the side of the cakes]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For since the sides of each cake tapered upwards almost to a point (v. supra n. 3) there was certainly no place on the top for three rods; there might at most have been sufficient space for one rod, but no more.');">⁷</span> - Projections were attached to them [on top].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' At the top of each side of the cakes projections, made of dough, were attached horizontally like arms, and upon these projections the rods lay.');">⁸</span>

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