Jewish%20thought for Keritot 11:62

אלא לאו קטרת

- Said R'Oshaia: [It refers to] that which is given to the craftsmen as their wages;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the remnant of frankincense, left over from the past year; cf. R. H. 7a. At the beginning of Nisan the taxes for communal offerings were collected. The frankincense bought with the money of the previous levy was not allowed to be used in the new year. It was therefore necessary to resort to the device mentioned below, in order to make the use of the remnant in the new year possible.');">³⁶</span>

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