Menachos Daf 105 מנחוס דַף 105

On the previous Daf, the thirteenth Perek began that if one says: הרי עלי עשרון – “It is upon me to bring an עשרון of flour,” he must bring a minchah of one עשרון. If he said "עשרונות", he brings two עשרונות. If he specified a certain number of עשרונות but forgot how many, he brings sixty עשרונות, the largest possible amount. If one vowed to bring “a minchah,” the Tanna Kamma says he may bring any of the five types mentioned in the Torah (סולת, מחבת, מרחשת, חלות, and רקיקין). Rebbe Yehudah says he must bring a minchah of סולת – fine flour, שהיא מיוחדת שבמנחות – for it is the “distinctive one” among the menachos.  A Baraisa explains Rebbe Yehudah’s opinion: הואיל ופתח בו הכתוב תחלה – because the Torah opened the section about menachos discussing [a מנחת סולת]. The Gemara proves this cannot be his reason (if so, any נדר would be required to bring the first type mentioned in that section). Rather, he considers מנחת סולת unique because לית ליה שם לווי – it does not have a modifying name (i.e., the passuk simply calls it “a minchah”), in contrast to other menachos. [The Baraisa’s “reason” above was merely a סימן to remember which minchah Rebbe Yehudah requires.]

The first Mishnah of the thirteenth Perek taught that if one specified one of the five types of menachos, but could not remember which, he must bring all five types. Rebbe Yirmiyah says this does not agree with Rebbe Shimon, who says that one who vows to bring a מנחת מאפה תנור – oven-baked minchah may bring some as חלות and some as רקיקין (i.e., he does not consider them two different menachos, but variations of one minchah). According to Rebbe Shimon, even if he holds all menachos are brought as ten loaves (rather than twelve), there are eleven possible combinations of רקיקין and חלות (all רקיקין, nine רקיקין and one חלה, eight רקיקין and two חלות, etc., until all חלות and no רקיקין). Adding the other three types of menachos, he should bring a total of fourteen menachos, not five!? Abaye explains that even according to Rebbe Shimon, only five menachos are necessary, because he holds מייתי ומתני – one may bring an offering and stipulate to offer it in a way that fulfills his obligation. Here, he brings ten רקיקין and ten חלות, and stipulates that whatever combination of רקיקין and חלות he originally vowed should count towards his obligation, and the remaining ones should be another voluntary offering.

Abaye had explained that according to Rebbe Shimon, one can bring ten רקיקין and ten חלות and stipulate to accommodate all eleven possible combinations (using the remaining ten as another נדבה). The Gemara explains how the Kohen performs kemitzah on such menachos: he stipulates that if the original נדר was for a minchah of all חלות, and the רקיקין are a new נדבה, or the reverse, then the kemitzah taken from the חלות is for the minchah of חלות, and the kemitzah taken from the רקיקין is for the minchah of רקיקין. But, if the original נדר was part רקיקין and part חלות, then דקא קמיצנא מחלות ליהוי אמחצה חלות ומחצה רקיקין – “that which I separate from challos shall be for the [minchah of] part challos part rekikin” (for the original נדר), and the kemitzah taken from the רקיקין shall be for the minchah of part רקיקין part חלות (the new נדבה). Although each minchah may consist of both רקיקין and חלות, Rebbe Shimon himself holds that kemitzah of either רקיקין or חלות is sufficient for a minchah consisting of both.