## Menachot Daf 66b

###### Menachot 66b:1
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אֵין אוּר לְשׁוֹן קָלִי אֶלָּא דָּבָר אַחֵר (הָא כֵּיצַד וְכוּ׳), אֵין לְשׁוֹן קָלִי אֶלָּא דָּבָר (אַחֵר) קָלִיל. הָא כֵּיצַד? אַבּוּב שֶׁל קְלָיוֹת הָיָה שָׁם, וְהָיָה מְנוּקָּב כִּכְבָרָה כְּדֵי שֶׁתְּהֵא הָאוּר שׁוֹלֶטֶת בְּכוּלּוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Fire is not** the proper interpretation of the **term *kali*** in the verse. **Rather,** *kali* means **something else,** i.e., the barley was parched inside a receptacle and not directly in the fire. **How so? The term *kali* means only** that **something else,** a vessel made from **burnished [*kalil*]** brass was used in the process of parching the grains. **How so,** i.e., how was this performed? There **was a hollow vessel there,** in the Temple, which was used **for** making **parched** grains. **And it was perforated** with holes **like a sieve, in order to** allow **the fire to take hold of** it **in its entirety.**


###### Menachot 66b:2
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״אָבִיב קָלוּי ... גֶּרֶשׂ״, אֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ אִם ״אָבִיב קָלוּי״ אִם ״גֶּרֶשׂ קָלוּי״, כְּשֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר ״בָּאֵשׁ״ – הִפְסִיק הָעִנְיָן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* analyzes the verse: “And if you bring a meal offering of first fruits to the Lord, you shall bring for the meal offering of your first fruits grain in the **ear parched with fire,** even **groats** of the fresh ear” (Leviticus 2:14). This indicates that the grain used for the *omer* offering must be parched with fire, but is unclear if that clause modifies the earlier or later part of the verse. In other words, **I do not know if** grain in the **ear** is to be parched before it is ground, or **if** the ground **groats** are to be **parched.** The *baraita* explains that **when** the verse **states: With fire, it interrupted the** previous **matter** and is now introducing a new clause. Accordingly, the instruction to parch with fire is referring to the grain still in the stalks, not the ground groats.


###### Menachot 66b:3
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״כַּרְמֶל״ – רַךְ וּמָל, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר: ״וְאִישׁ בָּא מִבַּעַל שָׁלִשָׁה וַיָּבֵא לְאִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים לֶחֶם בִּכּוּרִים וְעֶשְׂרִים לֶחֶם שְׂעֹרִים וְכַרְמֶל בְּצִקְלֹנוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר תֵּן לָעָם וְיֹאכֵלוּ״, בָּא וְיָצַק לָנוּ וְאָכַלְנוּ, וְנָוֶה הָיָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The verse states that the *omer* offering should be of the **fresh ear [*karmel*].** The *baraita* defines *karmel* as **soft and malleable [*rakh umal*]. And likewise** there are other examples of terms that are interpreted as shortened terms, **as** the verse **states: “And there came a man from Baal Shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain [*karmel*] in his sack [*betziklono*]. And he said: Give to the people, that they may eat”** (II Kings 4:42). This verse mentions the word *karmel* in connection with the word *betziklono*, which is interpreted as an abbreviation for: **He came [*ba*] and he poured for us [*veyatzak lanu*], and we ate [*ve’akhalnu*] and it was fine [*venaveh haya*].**


###### Menachot 66b:4
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וְאוֹמֵר: ״נִתְעַלְּסָה בָּאֳהָבִים״, נִשֵּׂא וְנִתֵּן, וְנַעֲלֶה, וְנִשְׂמַח וְנִתְחַטֵּא בָּאֳהָבִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* presents further examples of words that are interpreted as shortened terms of an expanded phrase. **And** the verse **states:** “Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; **let us solace ourselves [*nitalesa*] with love”** (Proverbs 7:18). The word *nitalesa* is short for: **We shall converse [*nissa veniten*] and we shall go up [*vena’aleh*]** to bed **and we shall rejoice [*venismaḥ*] and be pampered [*venitḥata*] with loves.**


###### Menachot 66b:5
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וְאוֹמֵר: ״כְּנַף רְנָנִים נֶעֱלָסָה״, נוֹשֵׂא, עוֹלֶה, וְנִתְחַטֵּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* provides an example of a similar shortened word: **“The wing of the ostrich beats joyously [*ne’elasa*]”** (Job 39:13). The word *ne’elasa* is a combination of the words: **Carries [*noseh*], goes up [*oleh*], and places down [*venitḥata*].** This bird carries its egg, flies upward, and places it in its nest.


###### Menachot 66b:6
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וְאוֹמֵר: ״כִּי יָרַט הַדֶּרֶךְ לְנֶגְדִּי״ – יָרֵאתָה, רָאֲתָה, נָטְתָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Likewise, the verse states, after Balaam struck his donkey: “And the angel of the Lord said to him: Why did you hit your donkey these three times? Behold I have come out as an adversary **because your way is contrary [*yarat*] against me”** (Numbers 22:32). *Yarat* is also a shortened term: The donkey **feared [*yirata*], it saw [*ra’ata*],** and **it turned aside [*nateta*].**


###### Menachot 66b:7
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דְּבֵי רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל תָּנָא: ״כַּרְמֶל״ – כַּר מָלֵא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara returns to discuss the word *karmel*. **The school of Rabbi Yishmael taught** that ***karmel*** means: **A full kernel [*kar maleh*],** i.e., that the shell of the kernel should be filled with the ripened kernel inside.


###### Menachot 66b:8
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וְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא מְחַיֵּיב בַּחַלָּה וּבַמַּעַשְׂרוֹת. אָמַר רַב כָּהֲנָא: אוֹמֵר הָיָה רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא: מֵירוּחַ הֶקְדֵּשׁ אֵינוֹ פּוֹטֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The mishna teaches: **Rabbi Akiva deems** this flour **obligated in** having ***ḥalla* and the tithes** separated from it. **Rav Kahana said** that **Rabbi Akiva would say:** The **smoothing** of a pile of **consecrated** grains does **not exempt** it from the obligation to separate tithes if it is later redeemed for common use. This is despite the *halakha* that the smoothing of the pile is what causes the obligation of separating tithes to take effect.


###### Menachot 66b:9
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מֵתִיב רַב שֵׁשֶׁת: מוֹתַר שָׁלֹשׁ סְאִין הַלָּלוּ, מָה הָיוּ עוֹשִׂין בּוֹ? נִפְדֶּה וְנֶאֱכָל לְכׇל אָדָם, וְחַיָּיב בַּחַלָּה, וּפָטוּר מִן הַמַּעַשְׂרוֹת. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא מְחַיֵּיב בַּחַלָּה וּבַמַּעַשְׂרוֹת. אָמְרוּ לוֹ: פּוֹדֶה מִיַּד גִּזְבָּר יוֹכִיחַ, שֶׁחַיָּיב בַּחַלָּה וּפָטוּר מִן הַמַּעַשְׂרוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Sheshet raises an objection** from a *baraita*: **What would they do with** the **leftover** of **these three *se’a*** of barley, i.e., the portion not used for the tenth of an ephah of flour for the *omer* offering? It **is redeemed and eaten by any person, and** it is **obligated in** the separation of ***ḥalla* and exempt** from the separation of **tithes. Rabbi Akiva deems** this flour **obligated in** having ***ḥalla* and the tithes** separated from it. The Rabbis **said to** Rabbi Akiva: The *halakha* of one who **redeems** produce **from the possession of** the Temple **treasurer [*gizbar*] proves** otherwise, **as** he is **obligated** in the separation of ***ḥalla* but exempt from** the separation of **tithes.**


###### Menachot 66b:10
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וְאִם אִיתָא דְּמֵירוּחַ הֶקְדֵּשׁ אֵינוֹ פּוֹטֵר, מַאי קָאָמְרִי לֵיהּ? הִיא הִיא!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rav Sheshet explains his objection: **And if it is so that** Rabbi Akiva holds that **smoothing** a pile of **consecrated** grains does **not exempt** it from tithes, **what** is the significance of that which the Rabbis **said to him?** Rabbi Akiva would simply disagree with their premise, as **it is** the same ruling **itself:** Just as a pile of consecrated grains that was smoothed is not exempt from tithes, so too, Rabbi Akiva would maintain that produce redeemed from the Temple treasury is not exempt from tithes.


###### Menachot 66b:11
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וְעוֹד אֵיתִיבֵיהּ רַב כָּהֲנָא בַּר תַּחְלִיפָא לְרַב כָּהֲנָא (בַּר מַתִּתְיָה): רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא מְחַיֵּיב בַּחַלָּה וּבַמַּעַשְׂרוֹת, לְפִי שֶׁלֹּא נִיתְּנוּ מָעוֹת אֶלָּא לְצוֹרֶךְ לָהֶן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And furthermore, Rav Kahana bar Taḥlifa raises an objection** from a *baraita* **to Rav Kahana bar Matitya,** who reported that Rabbi Akiva holds that consecrated grain is not exempt from the obligation to separate tithes. The *baraita* teaches: **Rabbi Akiva obligates** one **in** the separation of ***ḥalla* and in** the separation of **tithes, as** the Temple **money** designated for the *omer* crop **was given only** to cover the cost **of that** which **they required** for the offering. Only the requisite tenth of an ephah out of the entire three *se’a* was paid from the Temple treasury, and was therefore its property. This indicates that had the entire crop been purchased by the Temple, it would be exempt from the obligation to separate tithes.


###### Menachot 66b:12
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אֶלָּא אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: תַּלְמוּד עָרוּךְ הוּא בְּפִיו שֶׁל רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, שֶׁלֹּא נִיתְּנוּ מָעוֹת אֶלָּא לְצוֹרֶךְ לָהֶן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather, Rabbi Yoḥanan says: It is a settled,** accepted **tradition in the mouth of Rabbi Akiva that** the Temple **money** designated for the *omer* crop **was given only** to cover the cost **of that** which **they required** for the offering. In other words, Rav Kahana’s version of Rabbi Akiva’s opinion, that in all cases the smoothing of a pile of consecrated grains does not exempt it from tithes, is rejected.


###### Menachot 66b:13
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אָמַר רָבָא: פְּשִׁיטָא לִי דְּמֵירוּחַ הֶקְדֵּשׁ פּוֹטֵר, וַאֲפִילּוּ רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא לָא קָא מְחַיֵּיב הָתָם אֶלָּא שֶׁלֹּא נִיתְּנוּ מָעוֹת אֶלָּא לְצוֹרֶךְ לָהֶן, אֲבָל מֵירוּחַ הֶקְדֵּשׁ בְּעָלְמָא פּוֹטֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava** likewise **said:** It is **obvious to me that** the **smoothing** of a pile of **consecrated** grain **exempts** one from any subsequent obligation to separate tithes. **And even Rabbi Akiva,** who requires the separation of tithes from the remainder of the grain not used for the *omer* offering, **obligates** one to separate **tithes only there, where** the **money was given only** to pay for **that** which **they required** for the offering. **But** he concedes that the **smoothing** of a pile of **consecrated** grain **generally exempts** one from the obligation to separate tithes.


###### Menachot 66b:14
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מֵירוּחַ הַגּוֹי תַּנָּאֵי הִיא, דְּתַנְיָא: תּוֹרְמִין מִשֶּׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל, וּמִשֶּׁל גּוֹיִם עַל שֶׁל גּוֹיִם, וּמִשֶּׁל כּוּתִיִּים עַל שֶׁל כּוּתִיִּים, וּמִשֶּׁל כֹּל עַל שֶׁל כֹּל, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר וְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rava continues: The status of a pile of grain after **smoothing** performed by **a gentile** owner **is** a dispute between ***tanna’im*, as it is taught** in a *baraita*: **One separates** *teruma* **from** produce **of a Jew to** exempt other produce **of a Jew,** and **from** produce bought **from gentiles to** exempt other produce bought **from gentiles, and from** produce bought **from Samaritans to** exempt other produce bought **from Samaritans.** Furthermore, one may separate *teruma* **from** the produce **of any** of the above **to** exempt the produce **of any** of the above. This is **the statement of Rabbi Meir and Rabbi Yehuda,** as they maintain that produce that belonged to gentiles or Samaritans is obligated in tithes and has the same status as produce that initially belonged to a Jew.


###### Menachot 66b:15
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רַבִּי יוֹסֵי וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמְרִים: תּוֹרְמִין מִשֶּׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל, וּמִשֶּׁל גּוֹיִם עַל שֶׁל כּוּתִיִּים, וּמִשֶּׁל כּוּתִיִּים עַל שֶׁל גּוֹיִם, אֲבָל לֹא מִשֶּׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל שֶׁל גּוֹיִם וְשֶׁל כּוּתִיִּים, וְלֹא מִשֶּׁל גּוֹיִם וְשֶׁל כּוּתִיִּים עַל שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yosei and Rabbi Shimon say: One separates *teruma* from** produce **of a Jew to** exempt other produce **of a Jew, and from** produce bought from **gentiles to** exempt produce bought **from Samaritans, and from** produce bought **from Samaritans to** exempt produce bought **from gentiles. But** one may **not** separate *teruma* **from** produce **of a Jew to** exempt produce bought **from gentiles or from Samaritans, nor from** produce bought **from gentiles or from Samaritans to** exempt produce **of a Jew.** According to Rabbi Yosei and Rabbi Yishmael, produce that belonged to a gentile or a Samaritan is exempt from the obligation to separate tithes. Therefore one may not separate tithes from produce of a Jew, to which the obligation of tithes applies, to exempt such produce.