1)

?Al Machavas ba?Shemen Te?aseh?. What is the significance of the fact that the Minchas Chavitin is brought on a Machavas?

1.

Menachos 51a: It teaches us that the Minchas Chavitin requires a K?li Shareis and that consequently, a. if it was baked on the previous day it becomes Pasul (be?Linah), 1 and b. the Kohen Gadol must brung it even on Shabbos.


1

See Torah Temimah note 79.

2)

?Al Machavas ba?Shemen?. How much oil did the Kohen Gadol need to bring with the Minchas Chavitin??

1.

Menachos 51a: Three Lugin (a quarter of a Hin), which we learn vi a Gezeirah Shavah ?ba?Shemen? ?ba?Shemen? from the Minchas Nesachim in Shm?os. 29:40.

3)

?Al Machavas ba?Shemen Te?aseh?. What are the implications of ?Te?aseh??.

1.

Menachos 51b: ?Te?aseh?, ?Afilu be Shabbos?; 1 ?Te?aseh?, ?Afilu be?Tum?ah?. 2


1

Refer lso to 6:14:2:4.

2

See Torah Temimah note 81.

4)

What is the definition of "Murbeches"?

1.

Rashi: Well-scalded in boiling water (prior to the baking). 1

2.

Rashbam: Softened with oil. 2


1

See also Ba'al ha'Turim. See Torah Temimah note 82 citing the Rambam.

2

Which is necessary since it has been baked in the oven (Rashbam).

5)

?Al Machavas ? Tevi?enah?. Why does the Torah insert the (otherwise superfluous) word ?Tevi?enah??

1.

Sifra: To teach us that (although the Minchas Chavitin is normally brought before the Nesacim, Bedi?eved it is Kasher even if the Kohen Gadol brings after the Nesachim and even after the Musafim. 1


1

See ?Abaye Havah Mesader ? ? in the Korbanos of Shachris and Minchah.

6)

What is the definition of "Tufinei"?

1.

Rashi: Baked a number of times. 1 After scalding it in boiling water, the Kohen bakes it in the oven once more and fries it in a pan (so that it should look nice ? Menachos 52b).

2.

Rashbam: It is an expression of baking. 2

3.

Targum Yonasan: It means ?fried?.

4.

Menachos 50b: Based on the acronym mof ?Tufinei?, 3 it teaches us that the Minchas Chavitin is also baked on Shabbos 4 - because if it baked on Friday, it will be blown out of shape 5 by the wind.


1

Menachos 52b: ?Te?afenah? is the acronym of ?Te?afeh Na?ah?. See also Sifsei Chachamim.

2

With the 'Alef' missing, like we find in Sh'mos 10:21 and Yeshayah, 13:20.

3

See note on answer #1.

4

Refer also to 6:14:0.3:1.

5

See Torah Temimah note 84.

7)

What are the connotations of "Minchas Pitim"?

1.

Rashi, Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan: It means that the Minchas Chavitin must be broken into pieces. 1


1

Not broken literally, but folded into two and then into four. It does not need to actually be broken, since it is not subject to Kemitzah (Rashi Yashan).

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