Midrash for Menachot 155:9
וכי מה למדנו לבניו ביום המשחו אלא מקיש חינוכו להמשחו מה המשחו רבוכה אף חינוכו רבוכה
Now 'cake' means cake, and 'wafer' means wafer; but what is meant by 'oil-cake'? Surely it means a cake soaked in oil. R'Awia demurred, perhaps it means a cake of oil!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a cake of congealed oil. The meaning and etymology of this word are both doubtful.');"><sup>15</sup></span>
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