Commentary for Menachot 46:23

כי סליק רב כהנא אשכחינהו לבני רבי חייא דיתבי וקאמרי עשרון שחלקו

- We are dealing here with the case where there was not so much spices; indeed the larger part was the unleavened bread, and therefore it is not neutralized. This too is to be inferred [from the words of the Baraitha], for it reads, is unleavened bread, only that it is called seasoned unleavened bread'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus clearly showing that the main part is the unleavened bread and not the spices.');">²⁷</span> This is conclusive. When R'Kahana went up [to Palestine] he found the sons of R'Hiyya sitting and discoursing as follows: If one divided a tenth<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The tenth part of an ephah of flour set aside for a meal-offering.');">²⁸</span>

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