Nov 072018
 

מניין לנו החלוקה של השמן ללחמי תודה? מניין לנו חצי לוג למנורה?איזה נסכים מותר לערב זה בזה? כמה שמן היה מביא עם מנחה שבאה עם הכבש לעומר שבו היתה כמות שני עשרונים סולת במקום אחד?

From where do we derive various halachot – How the oil was divided by the breads of the thanksgiving offering? That each candle was filled with a half log of oil? How much oil was brought with the unique omer offering that had double the amount of flour?

Nov 062018
 

Study Guide Menachot 88

What size liquid measuring cups were there in the beit hamikdash? What were they each used for? Was the menora all one piece of gold including the holders for the oil or were they separate pieces?

 איזה מידות של לח היו במקדש? מה השימוש של כל אחד מהם? איך המנורה היתה עשויה – האם הנרות היו מחוברים למנורה או חלקים נפרדים?

Nov 052018
 

What kind of wine can be used in libations? What sizes of dry measuring cups were used? Were there different types?

Nov 042018
 

From where was the oil brought for the menora and the meal offerings? Which olives could be used? How were they prepared? There is a difference between the oil that needed to be used for the menora and the one that could be used for meal offerings. From where were the grapes for the wine libations brought?

Nov 022018
 

Can the Omer and Shavuot offering come from produce from outside of Israel? How does one bring from the new crop on the Sabbatical year? What is the source that the Omer has to come from the new crop? The mishna in Bikurim says that the new fruits can’t come from fruits that are not good quality. There is an amoraitic debate regarding the status of bad fruits that are anyway brought – are they sanctified or not? The gemara brings sources to question one of the opinions.

Nov 012018
 

From where does Rabbi Akiva derive the halacha that obligatory sacrifices can’t be brought form maaser sheni? What are the rules regarding what produce the mincha offerings (and possibly also from what animals) can be brought from?