Halakhah for Menachot 19:18
ומי בעי רבי שמעון תרתי והתניא ר"ש אומר כל מקום שנאמרה יד אינה אלא ימין אצבע אינה אלא ימין אצבע לא בעיא כהונה כהונ' בעי' אצבע
and [there the finger of the right hand is meant for] it is inferred from the case of the leper where it is written, And the priest shall dip his right finger.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XIV, 16. And as in this verse where both the expressions 'priest' and finger' are stated the right must be used, so wherever these two expressions are found they imply the use of the right hand.');"><sup>15</sup></span>
Sefer HaChinukh
From the laws of the commandment is that which they said (Menachot 73b) that if they did not find new [wheat], they can bring it from the [storehouse]; and that one should not bring wheat that descended from the clouds at the outset, because there is a doubt if I call this, “from your inhabitations,” or not. But if he brought it, it is fit. The kneading of the two breads and their forming is outside [the courtyard] and its baking is inside, like all of the meal-offerings. And their baking does not push off [the prohibition of work on] the holiday, as it is stated (Exodus 12:16), “shall be done for you” — and not for the higher realm. The waving of the bread with the lambs of the peace-offerings was done while they were still alive. And the high priest takes one of the loaves, and the second is divided for all of the shifts. And the rest of its details are elucidated in Menachot, Chapters 4, 5, 8 and 11. (See Mishneh Torah, Laws of Daily Offerings and Additional Offerings 8.)
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