[(Lev. 24:10:) NOW THERE WENT OUT THE SON OF AN ISRAELITE WOMAN. From where did he go out?¹¹⁸., Lev. 8:23; Lev. R. 32:3. R. Levi says: He went out from his world, just as it is stated (in I Sam. 17:4): AND THERE WENT OUT A CHAMPION.¹¹⁹ R. Berekhyah said: He went out (i.e., became excluded from Israel) because of (literally: from) the preceding parashah, where it is written (in Lev. 24:5): THEN YOU SHALL TAKE FINE FLOUR AND BAKE IT INTO TWELVE LOAVES. He said: It is customary for the king to eat warm bread. Would he eat it cold? It is like that which we learn there (in the latter part of Men. 11:9): THE SHEWBREAD WAS EATEN NO EARLIER THAN THE NINTH DAY AFTER BAKING AND NO LATER THAN THE ELEVENTH DAY. HOW SO? IT WAS BAKED ON THE EVE OF THE SABBATH AND EATEN ON THE SABBATH OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK, I.E., ON THE NINTH DAY. IF A HOLIDAY HAPPENED TO FALL ON THE EVE OF THE SABBATH, IT WAS EATEN ON THE TENTH. IN THE CASE OF THE TWO-DAY HOLIDAY OF THE NEW YEAR, IT WAS EATEN ON THE ELEVENTH, FOR THE BAKING OVERRIDES NEITHER THE SABBATH NOR A HOLIDAY. R. SIMEON B. GAMALIEL SAYS IN THE NAME OF {RABBI} SIMEON THE SON OF THE SAGAN: THE BAKING OVERRIDES A HOLIDAY BUT DOES NOT OVERRIDE THE FAST DAY.¹²⁰ (According the first part of Men. 11:9) THE TWO LOAVES OF BREAD OFFERED AT PENTECOST WERE EATEN NO EARLIER THAN THE SECOND DAY AND NO LATER THAN THE THIRD. HOW SO? THEY WERE BAKED ON THE EVE OF THE FESTIVAL OF WEEKS AND EATEN ON THE FESTIVAL, I.E., ON THE SECOND DAY. IF THE FESTIVAL HAPPENED TO FALL ON THE DAY AFTER THE SABBATH, THEY WERE EATEN ON THE THIRD DAY.]

footnotes: ¹¹⁸ Tanh ¹¹⁹ I.e., Goliath, who was about to leave this world. ¹²⁰ The Day of Atonement.