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The ninth perek of Massekhet Menachot begins on our daf. Its focus is on the materials that are brought as offerings in the Temple that are not animals or fowl, that is, the grain brought in meal offerings, the oil and the wine used as libations. While the Torah does teach what all of these must come from, they lack specific requirements, e.g. whether they must be made from the produce of the Land of Israel or can be brought from imported raw materials.
According to the first Mishna, only the minḥat ha-omer and the shetei ha-leḥem (the offerings brought at the end of the barley harvest in Pesaḥ and the wheat harvest on Shavuot) must be brought from grain grown in Israel from the recent harvest.
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