Related for Meilah 28:1
מיתיבי
An objection was raised: What was done with the surplus of the frankincense?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Each year there was a surplus of frankincense. In the month of Nissn a new year began for the offering of incense. The surplus of the past year was not allowed to be used in the new year. The device mentioned here provides a method of using this surplus by repurchasing it with the money of the new levy.');"><sup>1</sup></span>
Tosefta Shekalim (Lieberman)
How was it done? The craftsmen's wages are segregated, redeemed against the money due to the craftsmen and given to the craftsmen as their wages; then they are bought back [with money] from the chamber.
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