Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 18:8

ואמאי שתק לימא ליה צבור שאני הואיל ואישתרי טומאה לגבייהו אישתרי נמי חסרות אמר רב אדא בר אהבה זאת אומרת החסרון כבעל מום דמי ואין בעל מום בצבור:

had been removed, the Shewbread is invalid, but he may nevertheless burn on account of it the dishes of frankincense.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence it is evident that if the remainder of the meal-offering had diminished between the taking and the burning of the handful - which corresponds to the diminution of the Shewbread between the taking away and the burning of the frankincense - one may nevertheless burn the handful; contra Resh Lakish.');">¹²</span> Whereupon R'Eleazar had said, [The expression 'after it had been removed'] does not mean that it had actually been removed, but rather that the time for its removal had arrived, even though it had not yet been removed!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is mentioned only incidentally as the continuation of the cited passage.');">¹³</span>

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