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וכי תימא דמחמיץ להו לשירים ומקדש בהו – והכתיב ״לא תאפה חמץ חלקם״, ואמר ריש לקיש: אפילו חלקם לא תאפה חמץ!
And if you would say that one leavens the remainder of the meal-offering, which the priests partake of, and he consecrates the Temple courtyard with it, that too is difficult, as isn’t it written: “It should not be baked leavened, for their portion I have given it to them” (Leviticus 6:10)? And Reish Lakish says in explanation of this verse: Even the priests’ portion should not be baked leavened, as it is prohibited to bake even a portion of the meal-offering leavened.
אלמה לא? אפשר דמקדש בשתי הלחם בעצרת! משום דלא אפשר.
The Talmud asks: Still, why not consecrate the Temple courtyard with a leavened meal-offering? It is possible to consecrate it with the two loaves of bread that are brought as a communal offering on the festival of Shavuot, which is a meal-offering that is leavened. The Talmud answers: Because actually it is not possible to do so.
היכי ניעביד? נבנייה מאתמול וניקדשיה מאתמול? שתי הלחם בשחיטת כבשים הוא דקדשי.
The Talmud explains why not. How could we do it? If we build the addition to the Temple courtyard on the eve of Shavuot and also consecrate it on the eve of the Festival, there is a difficulty, as the two loaves become consecrated as a meal-offering with the slaughter of the two lambs that are sacrificed together with them as peace-offerings, and this occurs on the Festival itself, not on the eve of the Festival.
נבנייה מאתמול, וניקדשיה האידנא? בעינן קידוש בשעת הבנין.
If we build the addition to the Temple courtyard on the eve of the Shavuot festival, but consecrate it only now, on the Festival, this too is difficult, as we require consecration at the time of the completion of the building.