1)

(a)The Mishnah rules that the Sh'tei ha'Lechem (See Tosfos Yom Tov) are both kneaded - and baked individually.

(b)The Lechem ha'Panim too are baked independently, since the Torah writes in Emor "Sh'nei Esronim yih'yeh ha'Chalah *ha'Echas*". The Mishnah learns from the Pasuk there "ve'Samta *osam*" that - once they have been kneaded, they are placed in the oven two at a time.

(c)The Lechem ha'Panim are made - in the shape of a box, with the two sides removed.

(d)The Kohen ensures that they retain their shape - by kneading them in a form which holds them intact.

(e)He uses three forms altogether - one on which he kneads them, one in which he bakes them and one into which he places them immediately after taking them out of the oven.

2)

(a)According to the Tana Kama, both the Sh'tei ha'Lechem and the Lechem ha'Panim are kneaded and shaped outside the Azarah (See the second Dibur of the Tosfos Yom Tov) - but baked inside.

(b)The Gemara does not give a reason for this (See Tosfos Yom Tov).

(c)The baking - does not override Shabbos (See Tosfos Yom Tov).

3)

(a)Rebbi Yehudah olds that - both the Sh'tei ha'Lechem and the Lechem ha'Panim are prepared entirely in the Azarah (See Tosfos Yom Tov).

(b)According to Rebbi Shimon, one should get into the habit of saying (See Tosfos Yom Tov) that they can be prepared either in the Azarah or in 'Beis Pagi', which the Rambam describes as - an area outside the Har ha'Bayis where they used to bake the Menachos.

(c)he Halachah is - like the Tana Kama.

4)

(a)The kneading and the shaping of the Chavitei Kohen Gadol are performed - inside the Azarah ...

(b)... since, all the above opinions agree that the half-Isaron measure of the Kohen Gadol was sanctified and sanctifies the Minchah (See Tosfos Yom Tov).

(c)They are also baked inside the Azarah.

(d)They must therefore override Shabbos - because if they are baked beforehand, seeing as they are sanctified, they become Pasul be'Linah.

5)

(a)The Mishnah rules that the grinding and sifting of the Chavitei Kohen Gadol - does not override Shabbos ...

(b)... since they can be done beforehand.

(c)This is based on the principle of Rebbi Akiva that - 'Any Melachah that can be done before Shabbos does not override Shabbos ... '.

6)

(a)The Tana rules concerning the Menachos that whatever must be performed inside (the Azarah) - requires a K'li ...

(b)... meaning a receptacle.

(c)An example of what is not performed inside, and that does therefore not require a K'li is - the kneading and shaping of the Lechem ha'Panim (See Tosfos Yom Tov).

7)

(a)The Mishnah now presents the differences between the Sh'tei ha'Lechem (seven Tefachim long and four Tefachim wide) and the Lechem ha'Panim (ten Tefachim long and five Tefachim wide). The K'ranos are - lumps of dough that are attached to both ends of both Menachos.

(b)The K'ranos of the Sh'tei ha'Lechem are four Etzba'os tall, whereas those of the Lechem ha'Panim - are seven.

(c)Rebbi Yehudah's sign (as a means not to forget) 'Z'dad' and Y'haz' - signify the length, breadth and height (of the K'ranos) of the Sh'tei ha'Lechem and the Lechem ha'Panim, respectively.

(d)ben Zoma learns the K'ranos from the Pasuk in T'rumah "ve'Nasata al ha'Shulchan Lechem Panim Lefanai Tamid" - in that the Lechem ha'Panim requires a face, a short wall at either end that resembles a face (a Keren [See Tosfos Yom Tov]).

8)

(a)According to Rebbi Yehudah, the Shulchan is ten Tefachim long - and five Tefachim wide.

(b)The Kohanim places the Lechem ha'Panim on the Shulchan - the length across the width and the width along the length.

(c)They fit a ten-Tefachim loaf into a five-Tefachim space - by folding up two and a half Tefachim at either end (the K'ranos, according to some commentaries [See Tosfos Yom Tov).

(d)It transpires that the loaves take up the entire width of the Shulchan, and - there is no space between the two rows of Lechem ha'Panim.

9)

(a)According to Rebbi Meir, the Shulchan is twelve Tefachim long - and six Tefachim wide.

(b)Their Machlokes is based on how many Tefachim comprise an Amah - five (according to Rebbi Yehudah), six - (according to Rebbi Meir).

(c)According to Rebbi Meir, they only fold two Tefachim of each loaf at each end, and - tere is a space of two Tefachim between the two rows of Lechem ha'Panim.

(d)The Halachah is - like Rebbi Meir.

10)

(a)The Tana Kama maintains that the two-Tefachim space according to Rebbi Meir, allows the wind to blow between the rows. According to Aba Shaul however - it is used to place the two bowls of Levonah Zakah there.

(b)They querey him however, from the Pasuk in Korach "ve'Nasata *al ha'Ma'arachah* Levonah Zakah" - implying that the Levonah must be placed on top of the loaves, not next to them?

(c)Aba Shaul countera their query however, with the Pasuk in Bamidbar "ve'Alav Mateh Menasheh" (See Tosfos Yom Tov) - where "alav" obviously means 'next to' and not 'on top of'; Likewise here.

11)

(a)The Mishnah refers to four boards (See Tosfos Yom Tov) - made of gold that support the Lechem ha'Panim above the height of the Shulchan (See Tosfos Yom Tov).

(b)Two boards, one on either side of the Shulchan, support one row of loaves. In order to do so, they cut grooves into them - into which the canes which hold the loaves fit (See Tosfos Yom Tov DH 'ka'Chatzi Kanah Chalul').

(c)They cut - fourteen grooves into each board.

12)

(a)The twenty-eight canes too, are made of - gold.

(b)They are shaped - like canes (bamboos) split lengthwise.

(c)The fourteen canes are distributed among the six loaves in each row - three between the bottom and second, between the second and third, the third and fourth and fourth and fifth loaves, and two between the fifth and sixth loaves.

(d)Only ...

1. ... two canes are placed between the fifth and sixth loaves - because the sixth loaf did not carry any weight, and ...

2. ... no canes at all underneath the bottom loaf - since it rests on the Shulchan (and not on top of another loaf.

13)

(a)The Mishnah - forbids arranging the canes and removing them on Shabbos (See Tosfos Yom Tov).

(b)Consequently, they remove them from the Shulchan - on Erev Shabbos.

(c)For the duration of Shabbos they place them - on the ground ...

(d)... lying lengthways beside the Shulchan (See Tiferes Yisrael) ...

(e)... and they re-place them - on Motza'ei Shabbos.

14)

(a)The Tana requires all the Holy Vessels in the Beis-ha'Mikdash to be placed length-wise - from east to west.

(b)The sole exception to this rule is - the Aron (See Tosfos Yom Tov), which is placed across the width of the Kodesh Kodshim from north to south.

(c)We are told that the staves of the Aron - which pointed east to west, prodded the Paroches and could be seen outside the Kodesh Kodshim like the two breasts of a woman (making it impossible for the Aron to have been placed length-wise along the length of the Kodesh Kodshim) ...

(d)... since that would have meant that there was a space of only one and a half Amos between the two staves, which, in the Desert, would not have allowed two Levi'im to stand there (both at the front and at the back, in accordance with tradition).

15)

(a)The two Tables in the Ulam (the hall in front of the Heichal) are placed - at the far end next to the Heichal.

(b)One ias made of - marble, the other, of gold.

(c)On the former - they placed the freshly-baked loaves (See Tiferes Yisrael), and on the latter, last week's loaves, after removing them from the Shulchan.

(d)Specifically in that order - based on the principle 'Ma'alin ba'Kodesh ... ' (one always goes upwards [from marble to gold] in matters of Kedushah [See also Tosfos Yom Tov]).

(e)The Shulchan on which the Lechem ha'Panim stands the entire week is situated - in the Heichal, and is made (overlaid with) gold.

16)

(a)When the four Kohanim enter the Heichal on their way to the Shulchan, they are carrying - the two rows of Lechem ha'Panim and the two bowls of Levonah.

(b)The job of the four Kohanim who precede them is - to remove the two rows of Lechem ha'Panim and the two bowls of Levonah of the previous week.

(c)The former stand - north of the Shulchan (See Tosfos Yom Tov), facing south, whereas ...

(d)... the latter stand - south of the Shulchan, facing north.

17)

(a)According to the Tana Kama - the one group of Kohanim places the fresh loaves on the Shulchan, at the same time as the other group removes the old ones.

(b)He learns this from the Pasuk in Terumah (in connection with the Lechem ha'Panim) "Lefanai Tamid" - which implies that the Shulchan should not stand for even one minute without loaves on it.

(c)Rebbi Yossi comments on this - that even if the one group removes the old loaves first and the other group places the fresh ones afterwards, this is also considered 'Tamid' (See Tosfos Yom Tov) ...

(d)... as long as the Shulchan does not remain overnight without loaves.

18)

(a)They placed the loaves that they have removed from the Shulchan - on the golden Table in the Ulam ...

(b)... until the bowls of Levonah are burned on the Mizbe'ach.

(c)They are then divided - among the outgoing Mishmar and the incoming one (See Tosfos Yom Tov).

(d)If Yom Kipur falls on Shabbos - the loaves are distributed on Motza'ei Shabbos.

(e)They cannot wait until Sunday to distribute them - since they will then become Pasul be'Linah.

19)

(a)The problem with the goat (of Musaf [See Tosfos Yom Tov]) of Yom Kipur, when Yom Kipur falls on Erev Shabbos (See Tosfos Yom Tov) is - when one cooks it.

(b)The Kohanim from Bavel used to - eat it raw (See Tiferes Yisrael) ...

(c)... because they were not finicky.

(d)They were not really Bavli'im - but Alexandri'im ...

(e)... and the Mishnah refers to them as Bavli'im - because the Talmidei-Chachamim of Eretz Yisrael disliked the Bavli'im, so they referred to the Alexandri'im, who possessed this greedy habit of the Bavli'im (See Tosfos Yom Tov), as Bavli'im.

20)

(a)The Kohanim place the Lechem ha'Panim - and the Bazichei Levonah on the Shulchan on Shabbos.

(b)If they place the Levonah on Motza'ei Shabbos - the Lechem ha'Panim is Pasul.

(c)The Mishnah also disqualifies the Lechem ha'Panim if the Levonah is brought on the Mizbe'ach on Shabbos - because it was not on the Shulchan for the full seven days (Mechusar Z'man).

(d)Nor is it possible to place fresh Levonah after Shabbos and to leave the Loaves on the Shulchan until the following week - because, since the Loaves were placed on the Shulchan before Shabbos, the Shulchan sanctifies them, and they become Pasul be'Linah immediately after Shabbos.

21)

(a)In the current case - that Loaves are not subject to Pigul, Nosar and Tamei ...

(b)... since the Matir (the Levonah) was not brought correctly.

(c)The Tana rules that, in a case where, after placing both the Loaves and the Levonah on the Shulchan ...

1. ... on Shabbos, they burn the Levonah on Motza'ei Shabbos - the Halachah is exactly the same as in the previous case.

2. ... after Shabbos, they burn the Bazichin on the following Shabbos - it is Pasul, but that it is possible to rectify it by leaving them on the Shulchan for another week, until the following Shabbos.

(d)This case is different than the earlier one, where the Loaves became Pasul since the Levonah was brought prematurely - inasmuch as, since they were not on the Shulchan on Shabbos, the Shulchan does not sanctify them and they are not therefore subject to Linah.

(e)The Mishnah concludes that even if the Loaves are on the Shulchan for many days, it doesn't matter (See Tosfos Yom Tov). The Shulchan only sanctifies them (to render them Pasul be'Linah) if they are on the Shulchan on Shabbos, as we just explained.

22)

(a)When the Tana Kama says that ...

1. ... the minimum number of days after baking that the Sh'tei ha'Lechem (on Shavu'os) can be eaten is two, he is referring to - where they are baked on the weekday that precedes Shavu'os.

2. ... the maximum number of days is three - he is referring to where the day before Shavu'os falls on Shabbos.

(b)By the same token, when he says that the minimum number of days after baking that the Lechem ha'Panim can be eaten is nine - he is referring to where Erev Shabbos is not a Yom-Tov.

(c)They are eaten after ...

1. ... ten days - where one of the Shalosh Regalim falls on Friday.

2. ... eleven days - where Rosh ha'Shanah falls on Thursday and Friday (See Tosfos Yom Tov).

23)

(a)Both of the previous rulings are based on the principle that - baking them overrides neither Shabbos nor Yom-Tov.

(b)They do not override Yom-Tov - because one is only permitted to cook on Yom-Tov what is needed for that day, but not for after Yom-Tov.

(c)According to Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel in the name of Rebbi Shimon ben ha'Segan - both Menachos override Yom-Tov ...

(d)... though he agrees with the Tana Kama - that baking the Lechem ha'Panim does not override Yom Kipur that falls on Friday.

(e)The Halachah is like the Tana Kama.