Commentary for Menachot 24:17

אביי אמר אפי' תימא רבנן לא תימא הא לאכול ולאכול דבר שאין דרכו לאכול אלא אימא הא לאכול ולאכול דבר שדרכו לאכול

Now the reason [why they cannot be reckoned together] is that [there was an intention] to eat and to burn, but it follows that where [there was the intention] to eat [what it is usual to eat] and also to ea what it is not usual to eat, they can be reckoned together;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., if while taking the handful he intended to eat a half-olive's bulk of the remainder outside the Sanctuary and also to eat outside a half-olive's bulk of the handful (which is to be burnt and not eaten) , these two intentions would be reckoned as one in respect of an olive's bulk and the offering would be invalid.');">¹⁹</span> but it has been stated earlier [in the Mishnah]: '[Intending] to eat a thing that it is usual to eat or to burn a thing that it is usual to burn'.

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