Commentary for Menachot 210:9

והא בעי מיקמץ חד קומץ מחלות

- [He replied,] We have heard R'Simeon express the view that if a man brought one tenth out of two tenths and one log out of two logs he has fulfilled his obligation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if a man, in duty bound to bring one tenth of flour and one log of oil as a meal-offering, brought two tenths in separate vessels and two logs in separate vessels, and took the half from one and the half from the other, he has thereby fulfilled his obligation.');">¹²</span> But how does he take out the handful?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From the meal-offering that is made up partly of cakes and partly of wafers, since in fact the cakes and the wafers are separate meal-offerings.');">¹³</span> - He [takes one handful from the cakes and another from the wafers and] makes the following conditions and says.' If I had specified [a meal-offering] of cakes only or of wafers only, then the handful I have taken from the cakes should serve the cakes and the handful I took from the wafers should serve the wafers;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One being in fulfilment of his vow and the other a freewill meal-offering.');">¹⁴</span> but if I had specified [originally a meal-offering] the half in cakes and the half in wafers, then the handful I have taken from the cakes should serve half for the cakes and half for the wafers, and the handful I have taken from the wafers should also serve half for the wafers and half for the cakes'. But surely he must take one handful from the cakes

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