Menahot 95: The Traveling Shewbread

About this episode

The episode discusses the shewbread and its significance during the Israelites' travels in the wilderness, along with a new mishnah regarding its processing.

On the lehem ha-panim, the 12 loaves of the shewbread - what happened to this offering when the Israelites were traveling in the wilderness, and need to switch the loaves from shabbat-to-shabbat? Would the bread become invalidated through the moving? Also, a new mishnah on how the 2 loaves of Shavuot and the 12 loaves of the shewbread are the same in processing. Including what is consecrated and requires the Temple courtyard for processing in vessels. Plus, a backhanded compliment for Rav Sheshet.

Topics covered

• lehem ha-panim
• shewbread
• Israelites
• wilderness
• Shabbat
• mishnah
• Shavuot
• Temple courtyard

Keywords

• traveling shewbread
• loaves
• offering
• invalidated
• processing
• consecrated

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