Musar for Menachot 109:2
ומינה א"ר אלעזר בר רבי יוסי אבא היה נוטל עשר גרוגרות שבמקצוע על תשעים שבכלכלה אי אמרת בשלמא לכמות שהן אמרינן שפיר אלא אי אמרת כמות שהן בציר להו
Now if you hold that we measure in the condition in which it was before, it is well; but if you hold that we measure in the condition in which it is now, then too little is given [as tithe]!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For when reckoning by weight the quantity set aside, sc. ten pressed figs, would be much less than a tenth.');"><sup>2</sup></span> When R'Dimi came [from Palestine] he reported in the name of R'Eleazar that the case of the pressed figs is different since they can be boiled and so restored to their former condition.
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
לא תאפה חמץ . The prohibition to bake the part of the מנחה set aside for consumption by the priests as leavened dough which is derived from 6,9 is rooted in the above mentioned principle of אין קטיגור נעשה סניגור, that the advocate for the prosecution cannot also act as counsel for the defense. The offering which symbolized the sin must be totally burned without it being allowed an opportunity to develop mildew, etc., which could be the case while the dough rises before being baked. Hence the Torah insists that all of the dough be baked only as Matzah i.e. unleavened bread or cake. Traditionally we equate Chametz with the accuser. Thus far Rabbi Menachem Habavli.
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