Menachos Daf 50 מנחוס דַף 50

The Mishnah on Daf 49a discussed various עבודות done twice a day where the morning עבודה was not performed. The Mishnah is emended to say that if they did not offer the morning תמיד, they do not offer the afternoon תמיד. However, this is only if the מזבח החיצון had not yet been inaugurated, because it can only be inaugurated with the morning תמיד. If it was already inaugurated, the afternoon תמיד is brought even if the morning תמיד was not brought. Rebbe Shimon says that if Kohanim intentionally did not offer the morning תמיד, they are penalized and may not offer the afternoon תמיד (rather, other Kohanim must bring it). Rebbe Simon agrees that Kohanim who did not bring the קטורת in the morning may still bring it in the afternoon (and are not penalized); דכיון דלא שכיחא ומעתרא – since קטורת is not common, and it makes the one who brings it wealthy, חביבא להו ולא פשעי – it is dear to [the Kohanim], and they are not negligent about it. The Mishnah taught that the inauguration of the מזבח הזהב must be done with the afternoon קטורת. He derives the מזבח הזהב’s inauguration from the Menorah’s first kindling (and its inauguration), which was in the afternoon. A Baraisa disagrees and holds it is inaugurated with the morning קטורת, deriving the מזבח הזהב from the מזבח החיצון, which was inaugurated in the morning.

The next Mishnah states that the חביתי כהן גדול (the minchah he brings twice daily) were not brought originally in halves (of an עשרון); rather, מביא עשרון שלם וחוצהו – he brings a full עשרון of flour and divides it, and offers half in the morning and half in the afternoon. If a Kohen Gadol brought half in the morning and died, and another Kohen Gadol was appointed that day, he cannot bring another half-עשרון for the afternoon, nor can he use the original remaining half-עשרון. Instead, he must bring another full עשרון, divide it, and offer half of it, while the other half is destroyed. In total, two halves are offered, and two halves are destroyed. A Baraisa teaches that both destroyed halves require עיבור צורה – change of appearance (through remaining overnight) before being burned. The first half (left unoffered by the first Kohen Gadol) cannot be burned immediately, since it was originally fit to be offered. Although the second half (left by the new Kohen Gadol) was always intended to be destroyed, this Tanna holds that even פיגול (a stringent, inherent פסול) requires עיבור צורה. Alternatively, Rav Ashi explains that since the second Kohen Gadol could have used either half of the second עשרון, both halves were originally fit for offering.

Amoraim debate how the חביתין are prepared. Rebbe Chiya bar Abba said in Rebbe Yochanan’s name: אופה ואח"כ מטגנה – he bakes it in an oven and afterwards fries it on a griddle. He supports this with the word "תופיני", darshening it as תאפינה נאה – it must be baked while it appears attractive (whereas frying it first would blacken it). Rebbe Assi said in Rebbe Chanina’s name that it is first fried and then baked, and he darshens "תופיני" as תאפינה נא – it should be baked while partially cooked (i.e., after being fried). In a Baraisa, the Tanna Kamma darshens תופיני this way, and Rebbe darshens it as תאפינה נאה. Rebbe Yose says: תאפינה רבה – it should be baked a lot. He interprets it as both נא and נאה; therefore, it is first baked (so it is baked while “attractive”), then fried, then baked again (so it is “partially cooked” before baking).