Tosefta for Menachot 56:10
אדרבה סמי דידך מקמי דידי לא ס"ד דתניא אין לו זהב מביא אף של כסף של נחשת של ברזל ושל בדיל ושל עופרת רבי יוסי ברבי יהודה מכשיר אף בשל עץ
Then said [R'Joseph] to him, Set aside your teaching in view of mine, for it has been taught: If vessels of ministry were made of wood, Rabbi declares them invalid, but R'Jose B'Judah declares them valid. In what do they differ?
Tosefta Chullin
A menorah is not valid unless it is produced a solid block [of gold (see Menachot 28b:4)]. [If it is fashioned from] filings, it is invalid, and if it is made from other types of metal, it is valid. Trumpets are not valid unless they are fashioned from silver. [If] they are fashioned from [silver] filings, they are valid. [If] from other types of metal, they are invalid, and consequently it is said, "[What is] invalid in a menorah is valid in trumpets, [and what is] invalid in trumpets is valid in a menorah."
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