Commentary for Menachot 51:22

תא שמע קמץ בימינו ונתן בשמאלו יחזיר לימינו בשמאלו

Is this not a refutation of the view of R'Judah the son of R'Hiyya?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This Baraitha evidently represents R. Simeon's view since it declares valid the offering of the handful with the hand, yet it also permits the use of the left hand; contra R. Judah. tka');">²²</span> - R'Judah the son of R'Hiyya could answer you: It is to be taken as separate cases thus, If [brought up] with the hand, it must be with the right hand only; if with a vessel, it may be either with the right hand or with the left. Come and hear: If he took out the handful from<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The word 'not', found in cur. edd., is struck out by Sh. Mek. and is wanting in MS.M.');">²³</span> a vessel of ministry but neither sanctified it in a vessel ministry nor offered it up to be burnt in a vessel of ministry, it is invalid. R'Eleazar and R'Simeon declare valid if only it had been put into a vessel!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though not necessarily a vessel of ministry; contra R. Nahman.');">²⁴</span> - Render: After it had been put into a vessel.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The meaning is, after the handful had been sanctified in a vessel of ministry the services which follow, as the bringing nigh and the burning, do not, according to R. Eleazar and R. Simeon, require a vessel.');">²⁵</span> Come and hear: But the Sages say, The handful requires vessels of ministry; thus he takes out the handful from a vessel of ministry, sanctifies it in a vessel of ministry and offers it up to be burnt in a vessel of ministry. R'Simeon says, As long as he has taken out the handful from a vessel of ministry he may offer it and burn it not in a vessel of ministry and that suffices!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Contra R. Nahman.');">²⁶</span> - Render: As long as he has taken out the handful from a vessel of ministry and also sanctified it in a vessel of ministry he may offer it and burn it and that suffices. Come and hear: If he took out the handful with his right hand and transferred it into his left hand, he should transfer it back again to his right hand. If while it was in his left hand

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