Musar for Menachot 109:6
היכי דמי אי דאיכא כהן מקום שאינו רגיל אמאי לא והתנן מקום שיש כהן תורם מן היפה
Have we not learnt that wherever there is a priest present one must give the terumah from the choicest kind?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Ter. II, 4. Accordingly the best (i.e., fresh figs) must be given to the priest, irrespective of custom.');"><sup>4</sup></span> Obviously then there is no priest present.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore only dried figs which last longer should be set aside for the priest.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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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