Commentary for Yoma 41:7

פסולי תלתא הוו חשבינהו בחד אפיק תרי ועייל תרי אי הכי בלועין נמי תרי הוו חשבינהו בחד חסרו להו איכא נמי אחריתי דאמר רבי יהושע בן לוי נס גדול היה נעשה בלחם הפנים סלוקו כסדורו שנאמר (שמואל א כא, ז) לשום לחם חום ביום הלקחו

were swallowed up in the very place [where they were broken];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Zeb. 96a.');">¹²</span> and Abaye said: The crop, the feathers, the ashes removed from the inner altar and from the candlestick were swallowed up in the very place [where they were taken off]? - The three<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the 'Omer, the two loaves and the shewbread.');">¹³</span> [referring to] disqualifications were included under one head, hence take off two and add two! But then all [cases of] things swallowed up ought also to be included under one<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Broken earthenware, crop, feathers, ashes. Broken earthenware was counted as one and all the other things swallowed up came as under one head, so that if they were all to be placed on one count, there would be one miracle short of the number.');">¹⁴</span>

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