Commentary for Menachot 52:12
אמר ליה רבין בר רב אדא לרבא אמרי תלמידיך אמר רב עמרם תניא אין לי אלא דברים שדרכן ליקרב בלילה כגון אברים ופדרים שמעלן ומקטירן מבוא השמש ומתעכלין והולכין כל הלילה כולה
R'Joshua B'Levi is of the opinion that the handful may not be less than two olives' bulk and also that the burning of a quantity less than an olive's bulk does not count as an offering;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that if the handful, which must not be less than two olives' bulk, was divided equally into two parts there would be an olive's bulk for each burning, but this would not be so if it were divided into more than two parts.');"><sup>7</sup></span>
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