Quoting%20commentary for Menachot 22:12

מהו דתימא כיון דבריר קומץ דידה כיון שהגיע זמנה לפורקה כמאן דפריקה דמיא קמ"ל:

If he put in too much it is invalid? - Rami B'Hama answered, That was a case where he set apart two handfuls.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is an excessive amount and therefore invalid; anything more than one handful but less than two would be valid. According to another interpretation, it is valid where two handfuls were set apart, for each handful can serve separately for the purpose.');">¹⁸</span> Rami B'Hama also said, If a man set apart two handfuls [of frankincense], and one of them was lost before the taking of the handful [of flour, the offering is valid, for] they had not yet been appointed [for this meal-offering]; if [one was lost] after the taking of the handful, [the offering is invalid, for] they had alrea been appointed [for this meal-offering].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the amount of frankincense was excessive. Or it is invalid, according to the aforementioned view of R. Meir, because there is a diminution of the frankincense appointed for the offering.');">¹⁹</span> Rami B'Hama also said, If he set apart four handfuls [of frankincense] for the two dishes, and two of them were lost before the taking away of the dishes,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., of frankincense which had remained on the table the past week and which were removed on the Sabbath and burnt upon the altar.');">²⁰</span>

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