Quoting%20commentary for Menachot 47:7

כי יכול לקמוץ מיהא כשירות אמאי הך דמערב הא לא נגע

then put to them this question: May the handful be taken from one [half] in respect of the other?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., when taking the handful is it necessary to take some from each half, or may it be taken entirely from one half in respect of the whole vessel? It must be noted that there was no contact whatsoever between the two halves of the meal-offering.');">¹²</span> Is the principle of '[the vessel] uniting [its contents]' Biblical or only Rabbinical?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the principle is Biblical then it is to be applied to all cases, even though the result would be one of leniency, as here with the taking of the handful. On the other hand, were it only Rabbinical, it would be applied only to such cases as would result in a stringent ruling, as in the case of uncleanness.');">¹³</span>

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