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Menahot 59: Oil, Frankincense, and More Grain-Offerings

03.11.2026 | כ״ב באדר תשפ״ו

A new mishnah! It lists grain-offerings that need both oil and frankincense, one or the other, or neither. Note the various kinds of menahot, and how these various terms and requirements are applied. Also, the grain-offering of the sinner, which involves oil and frankincense – in circumstances where the latter has to be brought as part of the offering (including the minhah kena’ot). Oil on the grain-offering by itself would invalidate it, whereas the levonah (frankincense) would not do so. Note the powder effect of frankincense as well.

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