Commentary for Menachot 188:5

בשלמא למאן דאמר כמין ספינה רוקדת היינו דבעינן סניפין אלא למאן דאמר כמין תיבה פרוצה סניפין למה לי אגב יוקרא דלחם תלח

Again according to him who says 'like a broken box', we clearly understand how the props supported the cakes,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra 96a. For each row of the Shewbread there were two props which stood upright on opposite sides of the table. Now if it is assumed that the sides of each cake rose up perpendicularly at the edge of the table, then the props which stood close to the table gave abundant support to the sides of the cakes so that they could bear the pressure of the upper cakes.');">⁹</span> but according to him who says 'like a ship's keel', how could the props support the cakes?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the props came into contact only with the top point of each side of the cakes, since only the top reached the edge of the table, and that contact obviously afforded very little support.');">¹⁰</span>

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