Commentary for Menachot 29:4

ועוד אמר רב אשי ת"ש ר' יהודה אומר אפילו שבט אחד טמא וכל השבטים טהורין יעשו בטומאה לפי שאין קרבנות ציבור חלוק והכא מאי הציץ מרצה איכא

Furthermore Rabina had raised an objection thus: Come and hear: IF ONE OF THE [TWO] ROWS [OF THE SHEWBREAD] BECAME UNCLEAN, R'JUDAH SAYS, BOTH MUST BE TAKEN OUT TO THE PLACE OF BURNING, FOR THE OFFERING OF THE CONGREGATION MAY NOT BE DIVIDED. BUT THE SAGES SAY, THE UNCLEAN [IS TREATED] AS UNCLEAN, BUT THE CLEAN ONE MAY BE EATEN.

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