Tractate Menachot ( he, מְנָחוֹת; "Meal Offerings") is the second tractate of the
Order of Kodashim. It has
Gemara
The Gemara (also transliterated Gemarah, or in Yiddish Gemo(r)re; from Aramaic , from the Semitic root ג-מ-ר ''gamar'', to finish or complete) is the component of the Talmud comprising rabbinical analysis of and commentary on the Mishnah w ...
in the
Babylonian Talmud and a
Tosefta.
Menachot deals with the rules regarding the preparation and presentation of grain-meal and oil and drink offerings, including the meal-offering that was burnt on the altar and the remainder that was consumed by the priests as specified in the
Torah ( and on); the bringing of the ''
omer'' of barley (), the two loaves (), and the showbread ().as offerings in the
Temple in Jerusalem.
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