Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 171:15

הראשון למנורה והשאר למנחות

THE SECOND CROP IS WHEN THE OLIVES AT ROOF-LEVEL<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the middle branches of the tree, whose fruits do not ripen as early as the fruit on the top branches. As olive-trees often grew near the houses it was even possible to pluck the olives from the middle branches while standing on the roof. According to the other interpretation mentioned supra p. 519, n. 6, the translation here would be: The second way of making ready the olives is this: The olives are allowed to become fully ripe on the rood-tops, then they are ground etc.');">¹⁴</span> ARE PICKED FROM THE TREE; THEY ARE POUNDED AND PUT INTO THE BASKET (R'JUDAH SAYS, AROUND THE BASKET) ; THIS GIVES THE FIRST OIL.

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