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What are the connotations of "Pasos osah Pitim"?
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Menachos, 75a #1: "Pasos" implies into two and "Pitim", into four, whereas "Osah" implies that he does not break it into small crumbs.
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Menachos, 75a #2: "Osah" comes to preclude the Sh'tei ha'Lechem and the Lechem ha'Panim from the Din of Pesisas Pitim.
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In which case the Dinim of Kemitzah - Refer to 2:2:3:1 - are confined to Minchas So'les. Refer also to 2:6:2:1* .
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See Torah Temimah, note 34.
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Why does the Torah insert "Pasos osah Pitim" specifically by the Minchah al ha'Machavas?
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Oznayim la'Torah: Perhaps it is because it was hard and without breaking it up it is impossible to take a Kemitzah from it.
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What is the word "Alehah" coming to preclude?
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Rashi: It precludes the Chalos of the Ma'afei Tanur from Yetzikah..
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Why does the Torah add "Minchah Hi"?
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Rashi: "Minchah" incorporates all Menachos
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Incorporating the Machavas, the Marcheshes and the Ma'afei Tanur (Rashi in Pesachim, 36a).
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Oznayim la'Torah: And the Torah teaches this by the Minchah al ha'Machavas, in anticipation of the question 'how it is possible to take a Kemitzah from it since it is hard.
