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Who said to whom? (M'nachos 70)
Bavli, M'nachos 70 amud 1:
בעי ר׳ אבהו שבולת שמרחה בכרי ושתלה וקרא עליה שם במחובר מהו כיון דמרחה טבלא לה כי קרא עליה שם קדשה לה או דלמא כיון דשתלה פקע ליה טבלא מינה אמרי ליה רבנן לאביי אם כן מצינו ...
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Why does the gemora in Manachot 38b interupt its own flow of conversation?
In Manachot 38b we see the following lines of Gemora (Translated by Soncino)
As the sons of R. Hiyya said, Curtailed blue threads are valid; curtailed hyssop twigs are valid. What is the minimum ...
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The case of the missing Maharsha (Sota 49, BK 82, M'nachos 64)
There was fighting among the Chashmonaim, and one group besieged the other in Jerusalem, passing animals over the wall for the korban tamid, but eventually passing a pig.
This story is recounted (in ...
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Why does M'nachos 61:2 have only three of six kal vachomer arguments?
Bavli, M'nachos 61:2, quotes the tana Rabbi Shim'on (in my own loose translation):
Three types [of offering] have three commands to them [all told]: each has two, but not the third. They are ...
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Why not say mishna (M'nachos 61) means to exclude R' Y'huda?
There's a dispute between tanaim as to when the bikurim were waved (t'nufa): Rabi Eliezer ben Yaakov says they were were waved during viduy, while Rabi Y'huda says they were waved after viduy. ...
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question on Rashi to M'nachos 57
The top Rashi on Menachos 57:2, if I'm reading it correctly, adds some information as an aside, stating that both Rabi Akiva and Rabi Yose Hag'lili derive from "asher takrivu" that a mincha of a kohen ...
