Tosafta – Menachos 6:6

Tosefta Menachos 6:6

The Tosefta lists many things where all parts are me’akev each other:

The wafers of a Yisrael’s minchah, the loaves of a todah, and the wafers of a Nazir are me’akev each other, even if only the minority is missing.

The inner blood sprinklings are me’akev each other, including the 48 sprinklings of Yom Kippur, the 11 sprinklings of the par ha’edah, and the 11 sprinklings of the par Kohen Mashiach. The same applies to the 7 sprinklings of the Parah Adumah and the 7 sprinklings of the metzora.

By metzora and house-tzara’as, the birds, the stones, wood, and earth of the house, and the cedar wood, hyssop, and crimson thread are all me’akev each other.

By the Mishkan and Bigdei Kehunah, techeiles, argaman, tola’as shani, and twisted linen are me’akev each other.

The 8 garments of the Kohen Gadol and the 4 garments of a regular Kohen are me’akev each other.

The shoham stones, milu’im stones, and their writing are me’akev each other.

By the ketores and anointing oil, all the ingredients are me’akev each other, even if only the minority is missing.

By the Menorah, the 7 branches, 7 lamps, cups, knobs, and flowers are me’akev each other.

By the Mizbeach, the horn, ramp, foundation, and square shape are me’akev each other. R’ Yosi bar R’ Yehudah adds that the sovev is also me’akev. The exact length and width of the Mizbeach are not me’akev, but making it too large is me’akev.

The Shulchan, Menorah, and Mizbechos are me’akev each other. R’ Shimon ben Elazar says Kohanim, Levi’im, and Yisraelim are me’akev the korban.

The Tosefta then lists brachos and tefillos that are me’akev each other: Birchas Kohanim, the Kohen Gadol’s brachos, fast-day brachos, Rosh Hashanah brachos, tekios, brachos with tekios, and Hallel, praise, and tefillah.

Tefillin shel yad and shel rosh are me’akev each other, but if a person only has one, he still puts on the one he has.

Techeiles and lavan are not me’akev each other.

The mitzvah is to prioritize lavan before techeiles, but if he prioritizes techeiles before lavan, he is still yotzei.

The Tosefta continues that by korbanos, the animal’s nesachim and flour are me’akev each other. Bulls, rams, and sheep are me’akev each other. R’ Yehudah says bulls are not me’akev each other because they decrease over Sukkos, but rams and sheep are me’akev each other.

One should not bring the animals first and the nesachim afterward. Each animal must be brought with its own nesachim: bulls with their nesachim, rams with their nesachim, and sheep with their nesachim.

R’ Yehudah says that if an individual owes bulls, rams, and sheep but lacks nesachim for all of them, he should bring bulls with their nesachim and not bring all the animals without nesachim.

Unused nesachim of an individual may be given to the tzibbur, and unused nesachim of the tzibbur may be given to an individual.