Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 99:17

ת"ר זהו קטרת שעלתה ליחיד על מזבח החיצון והוראת שעה היתה היכא אמר רב פפא בנשיאים

- It really teaches us that the dedication of the table and the hallowing [of the bread] was only on the Sabbath, as it reads in the last clause: AND THE CANDLESTICK ONLY BY [THE KINDLING OF] ITS SEVEN LAMPS TOWARDS EVENING.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And as the entire service of the Candlestick, i.e., the kindling of its lamps, was to be at its dedication in the evening, so the entire service in connection with the table, i.e., the hallowing of the bread, must be at its dedication on the Sabbath.');">¹⁴</span> Our Rabbis taught: That was [the only case of] an offering of incense which was offered by an individual upon the outer altar, and it was a special ruling.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'a decision for the hour'.');">¹⁵</span>

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