1)

How much is a tenth of an Eifah?

1.

Rashi: 1 Eifah = 3 Sa'ah; 1 1 Sa'ah = 6 Kabin; 1 Kav = 4 Lugin; 1 Log = 6 egg-volumes. Consequently, 1 Eifah + 432 egg-volumes and a tenth of an Eifah 43 1/5 egg-volumes, which is the Shi'ur for taking Chalah and the Shi'ur of Menachos. 2


1

See Torah Temimah, note 58.

2

Eruvin, 83b: This teaches us that the 'dough in the desert' comprised seven Lugin plus one and a fifth egg-volumes.

2)

Why does the Torah insert this Pasuk here?

1.

Ba'al ha'Turim: To teach us that, after Moshe's death - on the seventh of Adar - they continued to eat the Manna until they brought the Omer on the sixteenth of Nisan.

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