Commentary for Menachot 36:5

ואיבעית אימא לעולם פתים מרובות ממש ומהו דתימא התם הוא דאיכא תורת חלות עליהן אבל הכא דלא תורת חלות איכא ולא תורת פתיתין איכא קמ"ל

Or, if you will, I may say that actually large pieces were meant, [nevertheless it had to be stated in our Mishnah]. For you might have thought that only there<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the case where the cakes were not broken up at all.');">⁵</span> [is it valid] since they retain the character of cakes, but [not] here<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where they were broken up into a few large pieces.');">⁶</span>

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