What does this mean?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' What is meant by 'the whole' and 'the part'?');"><sup>18</sup></span> - Abaye said, It means this: 'Leaven. ye shall not burn'. From this I only know the rule for an olive's bulk,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since this may be the whole handful.');"><sup>19</sup></span> but whence do I know it for a half-olive's bulk?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That this quantity is nevertheless reckoned as a 'burning' and therefore comes under the prohibition of 'ye shall not burn'.');"><sup>20</sup></span> Because the text states, 'Any leaven'. And whence do I know it for the mixture?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if the handful consisted of what was partly leavened and partly unleavened and the one was not distinguishable from the other.');"><sup>21</sup></span> Because the text states, For any leaven'. Raba said, It means this: 'Leaven. ye shall not burn'. From this only know the rule for the [whole] handful, but whence do I know it for half of the handful? Because the text states, 'Any leaven'. And whence do I know it for the mixture? Because the text states, 'For any leaven. Wherein do they differ? - Abaye maintains that the handful may be less than two olives' bulk
Tosefta Bikkurim
The commandment is to bring [the first fruits] of the seven types (Deut. 8:7-8), and if he only brought one type, he fulfilled his obligation. How so? He brings barley and places it on the bottom, and then something else on top of it; and then the next-to-the bottom is wheat, and then something else on top of that; and next he puts olives on top of them, and then figs on top of all of them, and surrounds them with grape clusters from the outside. They would not ascend [to Jerusalem] alone, but rather town by town (פלכים פלכים). They would not walk the entire day, but rather two thirds of the day. A cantor from the synagogue would go up with them and they would sleep in the streets of the city. They would not enter anyone's house due to [the possibility of contracting] tent-impurity, which requires a burnt offering an a peace offering. They would not occupy themselves [with distractions] during the journey [to Jerusalem] in the way that they would occupy themselves on the return journey.... When they arrived at the Temple Mount, even King [Herod] Agrippa would hoist a basket [of first fruits] on his shoulders and proceeded until he arrived at the Temple Courtyard. When he arrived at the Temple Courtyard, the Levites sang the psalm, "I extol you, O Lord, for You have lifted me up, and not let my enemies rejoice over me" (Ps. 30:1, JPS tr.). The birds that were tied to the baskets were offered as burnt-offerings, and whatever was in their hands they gave to the Priests.
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Mishnah Bikkurim
The birds [tied to] the basket were [offered] as whole burnt-offerings, and those which they held in their hands they gave to the priests.
