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רב פפא: דבקיה לקומץ בדופניה דמנא, מאי? תוך כלי בעינן — והא איכא, או דילמא: הנחה בתוכו כתקנו בעינן — והא ליכא. תיקו.
Rav Pappa: What is the halakha in a case where he stuck the handful of flour onto the side of the vessel? After the flour of a meal-offering has been separated, it must be placed in a vessel for burning, an action that sanctifies the flour. Rav Pappa inquires as to what the halakha is if the priest places the flour on the sides, instead of on the bottom of the vessel. The Talmud clarifies the two sides of the dilemma: Do we require the handful to be inside the vessel, and that is the case here? Or perhaps we require the handful to be placed properly inside the vessel, and that is not fulfilled in this instance. No answer is found for this question, and the Talmud concludes: Let it stand unresolved.
בעי מר בר רב אשי: אפכיה למנא ודבקיה לקומץ בארעיתיה דמנא, מהו? הנחה בתוכו בעינן — והא איכא, או דילמא הנחה כתקנו בעינן — וליכא? תיקו.
Mar bar Rav Ashi raised a similar dilemma: What is the halakha if the priest overturned the vessel and stuck the handful to an indentation in the underside of the vessel? Do we require the handful to be inside the vessel, and that requirement is fulfilled here; or perhaps we require it to be placed properly in the vessel, and that is not the case here? With regard to this question as well, the Talmud states: Let it stand unresolved.
בעי רב פפא: מלא חפניו שאמרו — מחוקות, או גדושות? אמר ליה רבי אבא לרב אשי, תא שמע: מלא חפניו שאמרו — לא מחוקות, ולא גדושות, אלא טפופות.
§ Rav Pappa raised a dilemma: Should the handfuls to which the rabbis referred be smoothed over or slightly overflowing? R' Abba said to Rav Ashi: Come and hear an explicit statement in a baraita: The handfuls to which the rabbis referred should be neither smoothed over nor overflowing, but full, without any flour spilling out.