## Mishnah Menachot Chapter 13

###### Mishnah Menachot 13:1
[Mishnah Menachot 13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Menachot/r/13:1)

הֲרֵי עָלַי עִשָּׂרוֹן, יָבִיא אֶחָד. עֶשְׂרוֹנִים, יָבִיא שְׁנָיִם. פֵּרַשְׁתִּי וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ מַה פֵּרַשְׁתִּי, יָבִיא שִׁשִּׁים עִשָּׂרוֹן. הֲרֵי עָלַי מִנְחָה, יָבִיא אֵיזוֹ שֶׁיִּרְצֶה. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, יָבִיא מִנְחַת הַסֹּלֶת, שֶׁהִיא מְיֻחֶדֶת שֶׁבַּמְּנָחוֹת:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
One who says: **It** is incumbent **upon me** to bring **a tenth** of an ephah for a meal offering, **must bring** a meal offering of **one**-tenth. If he says: It is incumbent upon me to bring **tenths** of an ephah, **he must bring two**-tenths, as that is the minimum plural amount. If he says: **I specified** several tenths of an ephah **but I do not know which** number **I specified, he must bring sixty-tenths,** as that is the maximum amount of a meal offering. The flour beyond the amount that he actually specified is rendered a voluntary meal offering. If one says: **It** is incumbent **upon me** to bring **a meal offering, he may bring whichever** meal offering **that he wishes,** i.e., the fine-flour meal offering, the shallow-pan or deep-pan meal offering, or the meal offering baked in an oven in the form of loaves or wafers. **Rabbi Yehuda says: He must bring the fine-flour meal offering, as it is the** most **notable of the meal offerings.**


###### Mishnah Menachot 13:2
[Mishnah Menachot 13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Menachot/r/13:2)

מִנְחָה, מִין הַמִּנְחָה, יָבִיא אֶחָת. מְנָחוֹת, מִין הַמְּנָחוֹת, יָבִיא שְׁתָּיִם. פֵּרַשְׁתִּי וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ מַה פֵּרַשְׁתִּי, יָבִיא חֲמִשְׁתָּן. פֵּרַשְׁתִּי מִנְחָה שֶׁל עֶשְׂרוֹנִים וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ מַה פֵּרַשְׁתִּי, יָבִיא מִנְחָה שֶׁל שִׁשִּׁים עִשָּׂרוֹן. רַבִּי אוֹמֵר, יָבִיא מְנָחוֹת שֶׁל עֶשְׂרוֹנִים מֵאֶחָד וְעַד שִׁשִּׁים:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If one says: It is incumbent upon me to bring **a meal offering, or:** It is incumbent upon me to bring **a type of meal offering, he must bring one** meal offering. If he says: It is incumbent upon me to bring **meal offerings, or:** It is incumbent upon me to bring **meal offerings of** a certain **type, he must bring two.** If he says: **I specified** a meal offering **but I do not know which** meal offering **I specified, he must bring all five** types of meal offerings. If one says: **I specified a meal offering of tenths** of an ephah **but I do not know how many** tenths **I specified, he must bring** a meal offering of **sixty-tenths** of an ephah. **Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi **says:** His obligation is satisfied only when **he brings meal offerings of** all sizes, in increments of **tenths** of an ephah, ranging **from one**-tenth of an ephah **to sixty**-tenths, for a total of sixty meal offerings with a total volume of 1,830 tenths of an ephah, or 183 ephahs. He fulfills his vow with one of the meal offerings, and the rest are rendered voluntary meal offerings.


###### Mishnah Menachot 13:3
[Mishnah Menachot 13:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Menachot/r/13:3)

הֲרֵי עָלַי עֵצִים, לֹא יִפְחֹת מִשְּׁנֵי גְזִירִין. לְבוֹנָה, לֹא יִפְחֹת מִקֹּמֶץ. חֲמִשָּׁה קֳמָצִים הֵן, הָאוֹמֵר הֲרֵי עָלַי לְבוֹנָה, לֹא יִפְחֹת מִקֹּמֶץ. הַמִּתְנַדֵּב מִנְחָה, יָבִיא עִמָּהּ קֹמֶץ לְבוֹנָה. הַמַּעֲלֶה אֶת הַקֹּמֶץ בַּחוּץ, חַיָּב. וּשְׁנֵי בְזִיכִין טְעוּנִין שְׁנֵי קֳמָצִים:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
One who says: **It** is incumbent **upon me** to donate pieces of **wood** as fuel for the altar, **must** donate **no fewer than two logs.** One who says: It is incumbent upon me to bring **frankincense, must** bring **no less than a handful.** The mishna states tangentially: **There are five** *halakhot* pertaining to **handfuls. One who says:** It is incumbent **upon me** to bring an offering of **frankincense, may not** bring **less than a handful. One who pledges** to bring **a meal offering must bring with it a handful of frankincense. One who** intentionally **offers up a handful** of a meal offering **outside** the Temple courtyard is **liable** to receive excision from the World-to-Come [*karet*]. The **two bowls** of frankincense that accompany the shewbread are **required** to have **two handfuls** of frankincense.


###### Mishnah Menachot 13:4
[Mishnah Menachot 13:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Menachot/r/13:4)

הֲרֵי עָלַי זָהָב, לֹא יִפְחֹת מִדִּינַר זָהָב. כֶּסֶף, לֹא יִפְחֹת מִדִּינַר כָּסֶף. נְחשֶׁת, לֹא יִפְחֹת מִמָּעָה כָסֶף. פֵּרַשְׁתִּי וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ מַה פֵּרַשְׁתִּי, הוּא מֵבִיא עַד שֶׁיֹּאמַר לֹא לְכָךְ נִתְכַּוָּנְתִּי:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
One who says: **It** is incumbent **upon me** to donate **gold** to the Temple treasury, **must** give **no less than a gold dinar.** One who says: It is incumbent upon me to donate **silver** to the Temple treasury, **must** give **no less than** the value of **a silver dinar.** One who says: It is incumbent upon me to donate **copper** to the Temple maintenance, **must** give **no less than** the value of **a silver *ma’a*.** One who says: **I specified** the amount of gold, silver, or copper, **but I do not know what I specified, must bring** the maximum amount of gold, silver, or copper, **until** it reaches an amount **where he says:** I am certain that **I did not intend to** donate **that** much.


###### Mishnah Menachot 13:5
[Mishnah Menachot 13:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Menachot/r/13:5)

הֲרֵי עָלַי יַיִן, לֹא יִפְחֹת מִשְּׁלשָׁה לֻגִּין. שֶׁמֶן, לֹא יִפְחֹת מִלֹּג. רַבִּי אוֹמֵר, שְׁלשָׁה לֻגִּין. פֵּרַשְׁתִּי וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ מַה פֵּרַשְׁתִּי, יָבִיא כַיּוֹם הַמְּרֻבֶּה:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
One who says: **It** is incumbent **upon me** to bring a libation of **wine, must** bring **no less than three *log*,** as that is the minimum amount of wine brought as a libation accompanying an animal offering. One who says: It is incumbent upon me to bring **oil, must** bring **no less than a *log*,** as the smallest meal offering includes one *log* of oil. **Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi **says:** He must bring no less than **three *log*,** as that is the amount of oil in the meal offering that accompanies the sacrifice of a lamb, which is the smallest amount in any of the meal offerings that accompany the sacrifice of an animal. One who says: **I specified** how many *log* I vowed to bring **but I do not know what** amount **I specified, must bring** an amount of oil **equivalent to** the amount brought on the **day** that the **largest** amount of oil is sacrificed in the Temple.


###### Mishnah Menachot 13:6
[Mishnah Menachot 13:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Menachot/r/13:6)

הֲרֵי עָלַי עוֹלָה, יָבִיא כֶבֶשׂ. רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲזַרְיָה אוֹמֵר, אוֹ תוֹר אוֹ בֶן יוֹנָה. פֵּרַשְׁתִּי מִן הַבָּקָר וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ מַה פֵּרַשְׁתִּי, יָבִיא פַר וָעֵגֶל. מִן הַבְּהֵמָה וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ מַה פֵּרַשְׁתִּי, יָבִיא פָר וָעֵגֶל אַיִל גְּדִי וְטָלֶה. פֵּרַשְׁתִּי וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ מַה פֵּרַשְׁתִּי, מוֹסִיף עֲלֵיהֶם תּוֹר וּבֶן יוֹנָה:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
One who says: **It** is incumbent **upon me** to bring **a burnt offering, must bring a lamb,** which is the least expensive land animal sacrificed as an offering. **Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya says:** He may bring **either a dove or a pigeon,** as a bird burnt offering. One who says: I vowed to bring a burnt offering, and **I specified** that it would be **from the herd, but I do not know what** animal **I specified, must bring a bull and a male calf,** as a burnt offering is brought only from male animals. One who says: I vowed to bring a burnt offering and I specified that it would be **from the animals but I do not know what** animal **I specified, must bring a bull and a male calf, a ram, a large male goat, a small male goat, and a male lamb.** One who says: I vowed to bring a burnt offering, and **I specified** what type of burnt offering it would be, **but I do not know what I specified,** **adds a dove and a pigeon** to the previous list.


###### Mishnah Menachot 13:7
[Mishnah Menachot 13:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Menachot/r/13:7)

הֲרֵי עָלַי תּוֹדָה, וּשְׁלָמִים, יָבִיא כֶבֶשׂ. פֵּרַשְׁתִּי מִן הַבָּקָר וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ מַה פֵּרַשְׁתִּי, יָבִיא פָר וּפָרָה עֵגֶל וְעֶגְלָה. מִן הַבְּהֵמָה וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ מַה פֵּרַשְׁתִּי, יָבִיא פַר וּפָרָה, עֵגֶל וְעֶגְלָה, אַיִל וְרָחֵל, גְּדִי וּגְדִיָּה, שָׂעִיר וּשְׂעִירָה, טָלֶה וְטַלְיָה:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
One who says: **It** is incumbent **upon me** to bring **a thanks offering and a peace offering, must bring a lamb,** which is the least expensive land animal sacrificed as an offering. One who says: I vowed to bring a peace offering **and I specified** that it would be **from the herd but I do not know what** animal **I specified, must bring a bull and a cow,** and **a male calf and a female calf.** One who says: I vowed to bring a burnt offering and specified that it would be **from the animals, but I do not know what** animal **I specified, must bring a bull and a cow, a male calf and a female calf, a ram and a ewe, a large,** i.e., adult, **male goat and a large female goat, a small,** i.e., young, **male goat and a small female goat,** and **a male lamb and a female lamb.**


###### Mishnah Menachot 13:8
[Mishnah Menachot 13:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Menachot/r/13:8)

הֲרֵי עָלַי שׁוֹר, יָבִיא הוּא וּנְסָכָיו בְּמָנֶה. עֵגֶל, יָבִיא הוּא וּנְסָכָיו בְּחָמֵשׁ. אַיִל, יָבִיא הוּא וּנְסָכָיו בִּשְׁתַּיִם. כֶּבֶשׂ, יָבִיא הוּא וּנְסָכָיו בְּסָלַע. שׁוֹר בְּמָנֶה, יָבִיא בְמָנֶה חוּץ מִנְּסָכָיו. עֵגֶל בְּחָמֵשׁ, יָבִיא בְחָמֵשׁ חוּץ מִנְּסָכָיו. אַיִל בִּשְׁתַּיִם, יָבִיא בִשְׁתַּיִם חוּץ מִנְּסָכָיו. כֶּבֶשׂ בְּסֶלַע, יָבִיא בְסֶלַע חוּץ מִנְּסָכָיו. שׁוֹר בְּמָנֶה וְהֵבִיא שְׁנַיִם בְּמָנֶה, לֹא יָצָא, אֲפִלּוּ זֶה בְמָנֶה חָסֵר דִּינָר וְזֶה בְמָנֶה חָסֵר דִּינָר. שָׁחוֹר וְהֵבִיא לָבָן, לָבָן וְהֵבִיא שָׁחוֹר, גָּדוֹל וְהֵבִיא קָטָן, לֹא יָצָא. קָטָן וְהֵבִיא גָדוֹל, יָצָא. רַבִּי אוֹמֵר, לֹא יָצָא:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
One who says: **It** is incumbent **upon me** to bring **a bull** as a burnt offering or peace offering, **must bring** the bull, its accompanying meal offering, **and its libations, with** the total value of **one hundred dinars.** One who says: It is incumbent upon me to bring **a calf, must bring** the calf, its accompanying meal offering, **and its libations, with** the total value of **five** *sela*, which equal twenty dinars. One who says: It is incumbent upon me to bring **a ram, must bring** the ram, its accompanying meal offering, **and its libations, with** the value of **two** *sela*, which equal eight dinars. One who says: It is incumbent upon me to bring **a lamb, must bring** the lamb, its accompanying meal offering, **and its libations, with** the value of one ***sela*,** which equals four dinars. One who says: It is incumbent upon me to bring **a bull with** the value of **one hundred dinars** as a burnt offering or peace offering, **must bring** the bull **with** the value of **one hundred dinars excluding its** accompanying meal offering and **libations.** One who says: It is incumbent **upon me** to bring **a calf with** the value of **five** *sela* as a burnt offering or peace offering, **must bring** the calf **with** the value of **five** *sela* **excluding its** accompanying meal offering and **libations.** One who says: It is incumbent **upon me** to bring **a ram with** the value of **two** *sela* as a burnt offering or peace offering, **must bring** the ram **with** the value of **two** *sela* **excluding its** accompanying meal offering and **libations.** One who says: It is incumbent **upon me** to bring **a lamb with** the value of one ***sela*** as a burnt offering or peace offering, **must bring** the lamb **with** the value of one ***sela* excluding its** accompanying meal offering and **libations.** If one said: It is incumbent upon me to bring **a bull with** the value of **one hundred dinars** as a burnt offering or peace offering, **and he brought two** bulls **with** a combined value of **one hundred dinars,** he **has not fulfilled** his obligation. **And** that is the *halakha* **even** if **this** bull has the value **of one hundred dinars less one dinar and that** bull has the value **of one hundred dinars less one dinar.** If one said: It is incumbent upon me to bring **a black** bull, **and he brought a white** bull; or said: It is incumbent upon me to bring **a white** bull, **and he brought a black** bull; or said: It is incumbent upon me to bring **a large** bull, **and he brought a small** bull, in all these cases **he has not fulfilled** his obligation. But if he said: It is incumbent upon me to bring **a small** bull, **and he brought a large** bull, **he has fulfilled** his obligation, as the value of a small bull is included in the value of a large bull. **Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi **says: He has not fulfilled** his obligation, as the offering that he brought did not correspond to his vow.


###### Mishnah Menachot 13:9
[Mishnah Menachot 13:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Menachot/r/13:9)

שׁוֹר זֶה עוֹלָה, וְנִסְתָּאֵב, אִם רָצָה, יָבִיא בְדָמָיו שְׁנָיִם. שְׁנֵי שְׁוָרִים אֵלּוּ עוֹלָה, וְנִסְתָּאֲבוּ, אִם רָצָה, יָבִיא בִדְמֵיהֶם אֶחָד. רַבִּי אוֹסֵר. אַיִל זֶה עוֹלָה, וְנִסְתָּאֵב, אִם רָצָה, יָבִיא בְדָמָיו כֶּבֶשׂ. כֶּבֶשׂ זֶה עוֹלָה וְנִסְתָּאֵב, אִם רָצָה, יָבִיא בְדָמָיו אַיִל. רַבִּי אוֹסֵר. הָאוֹמֵר אַחַד מִכְּבָשַׂי הֶקְדֵּשׁ, וְאַחַד מִשְּׁוָרַי הֶקְדֵּשׁ, הָיוּ לוֹ שְׁנַיִם, הַגָּדוֹל שֶׁבָּהֶן הֶקְדֵּשׁ. שְׁלשָׁה, הַבֵּינוֹנִי שֶׁבָּהֶן הֶקְדֵּשׁ. פֵּרַשְׁתִּי וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ מַה פֵּרַשְׁתִּי, אוֹ שֶׁאָמַר, אָמַר לִי אַבָּא וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ מָה, הַגָּדוֹל שֶׁבָּהֶן הֶקְדֵּשׁ:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to one who said: **This bull is** hereby **a burnt offering, and** subsequently **it became blemished [*venista’ev*]** and was disqualified from sacrifice, he should redeem the bull and with that money purchase another bull as an offering in its stead. **If he wishes, he may bring two** bulls **with its** redemption **money** instead of one. If one says: **These two bulls are** hereby **a burnt offering, and** subsequently **they became blemished,** if **he wishes he may bring one** bull **with their** redemption **money. And Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi **deems** this **prohibited,** and holds that he must bring two bulls. In a case where one said: **This ram is** hereby **a burnt offering, and it became blemished, if he wishes he may bring a lamb with its** redemption **money.** In a case where one said: **This lamb is** hereby **a burnt offering, and it became blemished, if he wishes he may bring a ram with its** redemption **money. And Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi **deems** it **prohibited** for one to bring one type of animal with redemption money from another type of animal. With regard to **one who says: One of my lambs is consecrated, or: One of my bulls is consecrated, and he has two** lambs or bulls, **the larger of them is consecrated.** If he has **three** lambs or bulls, **the middle-sized** animal **among them is consecrated.** If one says: **I specified** the lamb or bull that is to be consecrated **but I do not know what** animal **I specified** in my vow, **or** he says **that: My father said to me** before his death that he consecrated one of the lambs or the bulls, **but I do not know what** animal he consecrated, **the largest of them is consecrated.**


###### Mishnah Menachot 13:10
[Mishnah Menachot 13:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Menachot/r/13:10)

הֲרֵי עָלַי עוֹלָה, יַקְרִיבֶנָּה בַמִּקְדָּשׁ. וְאִם הִקְרִיבָהּ בְּבֵית חוֹנְיוֹ, לֹא יָצָא. שֶׁאַקְרִיבֶנָּה בְּבֵית חוֹנְיוֹ, יַקְרִיבֶנָּה בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ. וְאִם הִקְרִיבָהּ בְּבֵית חוֹנְיוֹ, יָצָא. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, אֵין זוֹ עוֹלָה. הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר, יְגַלַּח בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ. וְאִם גִּלַּח בְּבֵית חוֹנְיוֹ, לֹא יָצָא. שֶׁאֲגַלַּח בְּבֵית חוֹנְיוֹ, יְגַלַּח בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ. וְאִם גִּלַּח בְּבֵית חוֹנְיוֹ, יָצָא. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, אֵין זֶה נָזִיר. הַכֹּהֲנִים שֶׁשִּׁמְּשׁוּ בְּבֵית חוֹנְיוֹ, לֹא יְשַׁמְּשׁוּ בַמִּקְדָּשׁ בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, וְאֵין צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר לְדָבָר אַחֵר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (מלכים ב כג), אַךְ לֹא יַעֲלוּ כֹּהֲנֵי הַבָּמוֹת אֶל מִזְבַּח ה' בִּירוּשָׁלָיִם כִי אִם אָכְלוּ מַצּוֹת בְּתוֹךְ אֲחֵיהֶם, הֲרֵי הֵם כְּבַעֲלֵי מוּמִין, חוֹלְקִין וְאוֹכְלִין, אֲבָל לֹא מַקְרִיבִין:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
One who says: **It** is incumbent **upon me** to bring **a burnt offering, must sacrifice it in the Temple** in Jerusalem. **And if he sacrificed it in the temple of Onias** in Egypt, **he has not fulfilled** his obligation. One who says: It is incumbent **upon me** to bring **a burnt offering that I will sacrifice in the temple of Onias, must sacrifice it in the Temple** in Jerusalem, **but if he sacrificed it in the temple of Onias, he has fulfilled** his obligation. **Rabbi Shimon says** that if one says: It is incumbent upon me to bring a burnt offering that I will sacrifice in the temple of Onias, **it is not** consecrated as **a burnt offering;** such a statement does not consecrate the animal at all. If one says: **I am hereby a nazirite,** then when his term of naziriteship is completed **he must shave** the hair of his head and bring the requisite offerings **in the Temple** in Jerusalem; **and if he shaved in the temple of Onias, he has not fulfilled** his obligation. If one says: **I am hereby a nazirite** provided **that I will shave in the temple of Onias, he must shave in the Temple** in Jerusalem; **but if he shaved in the temple of Onias, he has fulfilled** his obligation. **Rabbi Shimon says** that one who says: I am hereby a nazirite provided that I will shave in the temple of Onias, **is not a nazirite** at all, as his vow does not take effect. **The priests who served in the temple of Onias may not serve in the Temple in Jerusalem; and needless to say,** if they served **for something else,** a euphemism for idolatry, they are disqualified from service in the Temple. **As it is stated: “Nevertheless the priests of the private altars did not come up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they did eat *matza* among their brethren”** (II Kings 23:9). The halakhic status of **these** priests is **like** that of **blemished** priests in that **they receive a share** in the distribution of the meat of the offerings **and partake** of that meat, **but they do not sacrifice** offerings or perform any of the sacrificial rites.


###### Mishnah Menachot 13:11
[Mishnah Menachot 13:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Menachot/r/13:11)

נֶאֱמַר בְּעוֹלַת הַבְּהֵמָה אִשֵּׁה רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ (ויקרא א), וּבְעוֹלַת הָעוֹף אִשֵּׁה רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ (שם), וּבַמִּנְחָה אִשֵּׁה רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ (שם ב), לְלַמֵּד, שֶׁאֶחָד הַמַּרְבֶּה וְאֶחָד הַמַּמְעִיט, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁיְּכַוֵּן אָדָם אֶת דַּעְתּוֹ לַשָּׁמָיִם:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**It is stated with regard to an animal burnt offering: “A fire offering, an aroma pleasing** to the Lord” (Leviticus 1:9), **and with regard to a bird burnt offering: “A fire offering, an aroma pleasing** to the Lord” (Leviticus 1:17), **and with regard to a meal offering: “A fire offering, an aroma pleasing** to the Lord” (Leviticus 2:2). The repetitive language employed concerning all of these different offerings is **to say to you** that **one who brings a substantial** offering **and one who brings a meager** offering have equal merit, **provided that he directs his heart toward Heaven.**