Commentary for Menachot 31:6

אבל נתן הקומץ במחשבה ואת הלבונה בשתיקה דברי הכל פיגול שכל העושה על דעת ראשונה הוא עושה ושמואל אמר עדיין הוא מחלוקת

Raba was once sitting and reciting this statement [of Rab], when R'Aha B'R'Huna raised against Raba the following objection: This<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The ruling that a wrongful intention expressed whilst dealing with the handful alone renders piggul.');">⁹</span> applies only to the service of taking the handful, or of putting it in the vessel or bringing it nigh;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For each of these services is performed once only and that in connection with the handful, hence at each of these services the intention is in respect of the whole mattir; whereas the burning is performed twice, viz., the burning of the handful of flour and of the frankincense.');">¹⁰</span>

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