Mesorat%20hashas for Sotah 28:22

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— R. Ashi said: It was necessary [to mention this], because otherwise it may have occurred to me to say that the bringing of the meal-offering itself [to the altar without the ministering vessel] is required. Consequently we are informed [that the contrary is the correct procedure]. But say that it is really so [and the ministering vessel is not necessary]! — The text states: And it shall be presented unto the priest, and he shall bring it unto the altar<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. II, 8. ');">¹⁹</span> — as the presentation to the priest is in a [ministering] vessel, so also the bringing to the altar must be in a [ministering] vessel. 'He then moves the frankincense to one side [of the vessel]', so that none of it may be included in the handful taken of the meal-offering; as we have learnt: If, when he took a handful, there came into his hand a pebble or particle of salt or grain of frankincense, it is disqualified.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As not being a complete handful. ');">²⁰</span> 'Takes a handful [of flour] from a place where its oil is abundant' — whence is this? For it is written: Of the fine flour thereof and of the oil thereof;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 2. ');">²¹</span> of the bruised corn thereof and of the oil thereof.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 16. ');">²²</span> 'Sets it in a ministering vessel and hallows it in a ministering vessel' — for what purpose, since he has already hallowed it once? — It is analogous to the case of blood: although the knife<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is regarded as a utensil of the Sanctuary. ');">²³</span> hallows it in the animal's neck, [the priest] again hallows it in a ministering vessel;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the basin in which the blood is received. ');">²⁴</span> so here, too, there is no difference. 'Gathers its frankincense and places it on the top thereof; for it is written: And all the frankincense which is upon the meal-offering.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. VI, 8, E.V. 15. ');">²⁵</span> 'And sets it upon the altar

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