## Menachot Daf 73a

###### Menachot 73a:1
[Menachot 73a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/73a:1)

תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״וְכׇל הַמִּנְחָה אֲשֶׁר תֵּאָפֶה בַּתַּנּוּר לְכׇל בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן תִּהְיֶה אִישׁ כְּאָחִיו״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The verse states: “And every meal offering that is baked in the oven…shall all the sons of Aaron have, each man like the other”** (Leviticus 7:9–10). This verse emphasizes that the sons of Aaron must divide the meal offering equally among themselves, without exchanging it for a portion of any other offering.


###### Menachot 73a:2
[Menachot 73a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/73a:2)

יָכוֹל לֹא יַחְלְקוּ מְנָחוֹת כְּנֶגֶד זְבָחִים, שֶׁלֹּא קָמוּ תַּחְתֵּיהֶן בְּדַלּוּת, אֲבָל יַחְלְקוּ מְנָחוֹת כְּנֶגֶד עוֹפוֹת, שֶׁהֲרֵי קָמוּ תַּחְתֵּיהֶן בְּדַלּוּת – תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״וְכׇל נַעֲשָׂה בַּמַּרְחֶשֶׁת לְכׇל בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן תִּהְיֶה״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues: One **might** have thought that **they may not receive a share** of **meal offerings in exchange for** portions of animal **offerings since they do not substitute for them in** the case of **poverty.** One who is too poor to afford to bring an animal offering, e.g., in the case of a sin offering determined on a sliding scale, does not bring a meal offering in its stead. Since meal offerings are not brought in place of animal offerings, there is clearly no connection between them. **But** perhaps **they may receive a share** of **meal offerings in exchange for** portions of **bird offering**s, **since they do substitute for them in** the case of **poverty.** If one is so destitute that he cannot afford to bring a bird offering he brings a meal offering. Therefore, **the** same **verse states: “And all that is prepared in the deep pan…shall all the sons of Aaron have,”** again emphasizing that all must have an equal share in that meal offering.


###### Menachot 73a:3
[Menachot 73a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/73a:3)

יָכוֹל לֹא יַחְלְקוּ מְנָחוֹת כְּנֶגֶד עוֹפוֹת, שֶׁהַלָּלוּ מִינֵי דָמִים וְהַלָּלוּ מִינֵי קְמָחִים, יַחְלְקוּ עוֹפוֹת כְּנֶגֶד זְבָחִים, שֶׁהַלָּלוּ וְהַלָּלוּ מִינֵי דָמִים – תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״וְעַל מַחֲבַת לְכׇל בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן תִּהְיֶה״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues: One **might** have thought that **they may not receive a share** of **meal offerings in exchange for** portions of **bird offering**s **since these,** i.e., bird offerings, **are types of** offerings that involve **blood** sprinkled on the altar, **and those,** i.e., meal offerings, **are types** of offerings made **of flour. But** perhaps **they may receive a share** of portions of **bird offering**s **in exchange for** portions of animal **offerings, since both** categories are **types of** offerings that involve **blood** sprinkled on the altar. Therefore, **the** same **verse states: “And on a pan…shall all the sons of Aaron have,”** a seemingly superfluous phrase, which teaches that one may not receive a share even of bird offerings in exchange for portions of animal offerings.


###### Menachot 73a:4
[Menachot 73a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/73a:4)

יָכוֹל לֹא יַחְלְקוּ עוֹפוֹת כְּנֶגֶד זְבָחִים, שֶׁהַלָּלוּ עֲשִׂיָּיתָן בַּיָּד, וְהַלָּלוּ עֲשִׂיָּיתָן בִּכְלִי, אֲבָל יַחְלְקוּ מְנָחוֹת כְּנֶגֶד מְנָחוֹת, שֶׁאֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ עֲשִׂיָּיתָן בַּיָּד – תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״וְכׇל מִנְחָה בְלוּלָה בַשֶּׁמֶן ... לְכׇל בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן תִּהְיֶה״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues: One **might** have thought that **they may not receive a share** of **bird offering**s **in exchange for** portions of animal **offerings because** with regard to **these,** i.e., the birds, **their processing,** i.e., killing, is executed **by hand,** by pinching the nape of the neck, **and** with regard to **those,** i.e., the animals, **their processing,** i.e., killing, is executed **with a utensil,** by slaughtering with a knife. **But** perhaps **they may receive a share** of **meal offerings in exchange for** portions of other **meal offerings, since the processing of** both **these and those** are carried out **by hand.** Therefore, **the** next **verse states: “And every meal offering mixed with oil…shall all the sons of Aaron have”** (Leviticus 7:10).


###### Menachot 73a:5
[Menachot 73a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/73a:5)

יָכוֹל לֹא יַחְלְקוּ מַחֲבַת כְּנֶגֶד מַרְחֶשֶׁת, וּמַרְחֶשֶׁת כְּנֶגֶד מַחֲבַת, שֶׁזּוֹ מַעֲשֶׂיהָ קָשִׁין וְזוֹ מַעֲשֶׂיהָ רַכִּין, אֲבָל יַחְלְקוּ מַחֲבַת כְּנֶגֶד מַחֲבַת וּמַרְחֶשֶׁת כְּנֶגֶד מַרְחֶשֶׁת – תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״וַחֲרֵבָה לְכׇל בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן תִּהְיֶה״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues: One **might** have thought that **they may not receive a share** of a meal offering prepared on **a pan in exchange for** portions of a meal **offering** prepared in **a deep pan, or** portions of a meal offering prepared in **a deep pan in exchange for** portions of a meal **offering** prepared on **a pan, since the actions** with **this pan** result in **a hard** product, **and the actions** with **that** deep pan result in **a soft** product. **But** perhaps **they may receive a share** of a meal offering prepared on **a pan in exchange for** the portions of a different meal offering prepared on **a pan, or** a share of a meal offering prepared in **a deep pan in exchange for** portions of a different meal offering prepared in **a deep pan.** Therefore, **the** same **verse states: “Or dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have”** (Leviticus 7:10).


###### Menachot 73a:6
[Menachot 73a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/73a:6)

יָכוֹל לֹא יַחְלְקוּ בְּקׇדְשֵׁי קָדָשִׁים, אֲבָל יַחְלְקוּ בְּקָדָשִׁים קַלִּים – תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״אִישׁ כְּאָחִיו״, ״וְאִם עַל תּוֹדָה״ – כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאֵין חוֹלְקִין בְּקׇדְשֵׁי קָדָשִׁים, כָּךְ אֵין חוֹלְקִים בְּקָדָשִׁים קַלִּים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues: One **might** have thought that they **may not receive a share of offerings of the most sacred order,** e.g., meal offerings, in exchange for a portion of another similar offering, **but they may receive a share of offerings of lesser sanctity** in exchange for a portion of another similar offering. Therefore, **the** same **verse states** with regard to meal offerings: “Shall all the sons of Aaron have, **one as well as another”** (Leviticus 7:10), **and** near it appears the verse: **“If** he offers it **for a thanks offering”** (Leviticus 7:12), from which is derived: **Just as one may not receive a share** of one offering in exchange for a portion of another similar offering in the case **of offerings of the most sacred order, so too, one may not receive a share** of one offering in exchange for a portion of another similar offering in the case **of offerings of lesser sanctity,** e.g., a thanks offering.


###### Menachot 73a:7
[Menachot 73a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/73a:7)

״אִישׁ״ – אִישׁ חוֹלֵק, וַאֲפִילּוּ בַּעַל מוּם, וְאֵין קָטָן חוֹלֵק, וַאֲפִילּוּ תָּם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* further expounds this verse: It states: **“One** as well as another **[*ish*** *ke’aḥiv*],” which teaches that with regard to priests, **a man [*ish*]** who is an adult **receives a share even** if he is **blemished, but** a priest who is **a minor may not receive a share even** if he is **unblemished.** This *baraita* evidently interprets the verse: “And every meal offering, mixed with oil, or dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as well as another” (Leviticus 7:10), as referring to the prohibition against priests exchanging shares of offerings. If so, how does Ḥizkiyya state that this verse is referring to the priests’ eating of the remainder of the *omer* offering and the meal offering of a *sota*?


###### Menachot 73a:8
[Menachot 73a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/73a:8)

הָהוּא מִ״כׇּל״ נָפְקָא, וְהָא אַפֵּיקְתֵּיהּ לְכִדְרַבִּי יוֹסֵי בְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה? אֶלָּא, הָהוּא מִ״וְכׇל״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: With regard to the prohibition against exchanging priestly shares, **that is derived from** the term: **“Every** meal offering.” By contrast, Ḥizkiyya derives his principle with regard to these two meal offerings from the rest of the verse. The Gemara asks: **But** haven’t you already **derived** from the word “every” **that which Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Yehuda,** states, that when one vows to offer a meal offering baked in an oven, all the baked items must be of a uniform type, either loaves or wafers (see 63b)? The Gemara answers: **Rather, that** *halakha* concerning the exchange of shares of offerings is derived **from** the addition of the word “and,” in the term: **“And every [*vekhol*]** meal offering.”


###### Menachot 73a:9
[Menachot 73a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/73a:9)

רָבִינָא אָמַר: אָתְיָא מִדְּתָנֵי לֵוִי, דְּתָנֵי לֵוִי: ״לְכׇל קׇרְבָּנָם וּלְכׇל מִנְחָתָם וּלְכׇל חַטָּאתָם וּלְכׇל אֲשָׁמָם״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Ravina said:** According to the opinion of Rabbi Shimon, the source for the *halakha* that the *omer* offering and the meal offering of a *sota* are eaten **comes from** the *baraita* **that Levi teaches, as Levi teaches:** The verse states with regard to the priestly gifts: “This shall be yours of the most sacred items, reserved from the fire: **Every offering of theirs, and every meal offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every guilt offering of theirs,** which they may restore to Me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons” (Numbers 18:9). The word “every” in each clause includes a number of additional offerings that are eaten by the priests.


###### Menachot 73a:10
[Menachot 73a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/73a:10)

״כׇּל קׇרְבָּנָם״ – לְרַבּוֹת לוֹג שֶׁמֶן שֶׁל מְצוֹרָע, סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ אָמֵינָא: ״מִן הָאֵשׁ״ כְּתַב רַחֲמָנָא, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Torah states: **“Every offering of theirs,” to include** the ***log* of oil** that accompanies the guilt offering **of** a recovered **leper,** teaching that it is also eaten by the priests. As, it might **enter your mind to say** that since **the Merciful One writes** in this verse: **“From the fire,”** this would exclude this oil, which is not brought onto the altar. Therefore, the verse **teaches us:** “Every offering,” to include the leper’s oil.


###### Menachot 73a:11
[Menachot 73a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/73a:11)

״לְכׇל מִנְחָתָם״ – לְרַבּוֹת מִנְחַת הָעוֹמֶר וּמִנְחַת קְנָאוֹת, סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ אָמֵינָא: ״וְאָכְלוּ אֹתָם אֲשֶׁר כֻּפַּר בָּהֶם״ אָמַר רַחֲמָנָא, וְהַאי לְהַתִּיר קָא אָתְיָא, וְאִידַּךְ נָמֵי לְבָרֵר קָא אָתְיָא – קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues expounding the verse: **“And every meal offering of theirs,”** serving **to include the *omer* meal offering, and the meal offering of jealousy** brought by a *sota*, teaching that they are also eaten by the priests. As, it might **enter your mind to say** that since **the Merciful One states: “And they shall eat those wherewith atonement was made”** (Exodus 29:33), the verse thereby indicates that the priests may eat only those offerings that help the owner achieve atonement. **And this** *omer* **comes to permit** eating from the new grain (see Leviticus 23:9–14), not to achieve atonement; **and** concerning **the other** offering, i.e., the meal offering of a *sota*, **as well,** it **comes to clarify** whether or not the accused woman is guilty of adultery, but not to achieve atonement. Therefore, the verse **teaches us:** “Every meal offering,” to teach that these two meal offerings are included.


###### Menachot 73a:12
[Menachot 73a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/73a:12)

״לְכׇל חַטֹּאתָם״ – לְרַבּוֹת חַטַּאת הָעוֹף, סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ אָמֵינָא: נְבֵילָה הִיא, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues to expound the verse. The verse states: **“And every sin offering of theirs,” to include a bird sin offering,** teaching that it is also eaten by the priests. As, it might **enter your mind to say:** The priests may not eat it because **it is an unslaughtered animal carcass,** as it is killed by pinching the nape of the neck (see Leviticus 5:8), not by conventional slaughter. Therefore, the verse **teaches us:** “Every sin offering,” teaching that bird sin offerings are included.


###### Menachot 73a:13
[Menachot 73a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/73a:13)

״לְכׇל אֲשָׁמָם״ – לְרַבּוֹת אֲשַׁם נָזִיר וַאֲשַׁם מְצוֹרָע. אֲשַׁם מְצוֹרָע – בְּהֶדְיָא כְּתִיב בֵּיהּ: ״כִּי כַּחַטָּאת הָאָשָׁם הוּא לַכֹּהֵן״!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues to expound the verse. The Torah states: **“And every guilt offering of theirs,” to include the guilt offering of the nazirite** who has become ritually impure (see Numbers 6:12) **and the guilt offering of the leper,** teaching that they are also eaten by the priests. The Gemara objects: With regard to **the guilt offering of the leper, it is explicitly written with regard to it: “For as the sin offering is the priest’s, so is the guilt offering”** (Leviticus 14:13), which already teaches that it is eaten by the priests.


###### Menachot 73a:14
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אֶלָּא, לְרַבּוֹת אֲשַׁם נָזִיר כַּאֲשַׁם מְצוֹרָע. סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ אָמֵינָא: לְהַכְשִׁיר קָא אָתֵי, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **Rather,** the verse serves **to include** the **guilt offering of the nazirite,** stating that its status is **like** the **guilt offering of the leper.** As, it might **enter your mind to say:** The guilt offering of the nazirite is not sacrificed for atonement, but rather **it comes to prepare** the nazirite to begin his period of naziriteship anew, and therefore its meat would not be eaten by the priests. Therefore, the verse **teaches us:** “Every guilt offering,” teaching that the guilt offering of the nazirite is included.


###### Menachot 73a:15
[Menachot 73a:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/73a:15)

״אֲשֶׁר יָשִׁיבוּ״ – זֶה גֶּזֶל הַגֵּר, ״לְךָ הִיא וּלְבָנֶיךָ״ – שֶׁלְּךָ הִיא וּלְבָנֶיךָ, אֲפִילּוּ לְקַדֵּשׁ בּוֹ אֶת הָאִשָּׁה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* concludes: “This shall be yours of the most sacred items…**which they may restore”; this** is referring to an item **stolen** from **a convert** who has no heirs and subsequently dies. In this case, the stolen item is given to the priests together with an additional one-fifth of its worth. The phrase **“for you and for your sons”** means that **it is yours and your sons’** personal property, and it may be used **even to betroth a woman with it,** and it does not belong to the Temple treasury.


###### Menachot 73a:16
[Menachot 73a:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/73a:16)

אָמַר רַב הוּנָא:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rav Huna said:**