Commentary for Menachot 5:11

ודילמא אמר זו להביא במחבת והביא במרחשת כדתנן זו להביא במחבת והביא במרחשת במרחשת והביא במחבת הרי זו פסולה

as we have learnt: If he said, 'Let this [meal] be brought [as a meal-offering prepared] on a griddle', and he brought it [prepared] in a pan, or if he said, 'Let this [meal be brought as a meal-offering] prepared in a pan', and he brought it [prepared] on a griddle, it is invalid! -<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 102b. Consequently where the expression 'this' was used it cannot be offered as anything else. Now in the present case it might be thought that the priest when taking the handful therefrom and referring to it as a meal-offering prepared in a pan, refers actually to its true character, so that his expressed intention cannot be said to be idle talk.');">⁹</span>

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