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	As Moshe drew close to the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing before it. Moshe became enraged, he flung the tablets from his hands, shattering them at the foot of the mountain.		As Moshe drew close to the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing before it. Moshe became enraged, he flung the tablets from his hands, shattering them at the foot of the mountain.

−	The root of the sin of the golden calf was their lack of belief in the Oral Torah, causing them to act upon their own corrupt interpretation of Moshe's statement, regarding when he would descend and their placing an intermediary between themselves and Hashem. By Moshe breaking the Luchos, he established; the Written Torah has no existence without belief in the Oral Torah. By denying the Oral Torah, the entire Written Torah is also nullified. By doing this; Moshe cut off any nourishment the Nations might have from the Written Torah, showing it has no completion without the Oral Torah.<ref ~~name="~~Likutay Halachos - Choshen Mishpat - Hilchos Halvaha 4:9"/>	+	The root of the sin of the golden calf was their lack of belief in the Oral Torah, causing them to act upon their own corrupt interpretation of Moshe's statement, regarding when he would descend and their placing an intermediary between themselves and Hashem. By Moshe breaking the Luchos, he established; the Written Torah has no existence without belief in the Oral Torah. By denying the Oral Torah, the entire Written Torah is also nullified. By doing this; Moshe cut off any nourishment the Nations might have from the Written Torah, showing it has no completion without the Oral Torah.<ref>Likutay Halachos - Choshen Mishpat - Hilchos Halvaha 4:9</ref>

	===Eradication of the Golden Calf===		===Eradication of the Golden Calf===

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	===Breaking of the Luchos===		===Breaking of the Luchos===
	As Moshe drew close to the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing before it. Moshe became enraged, he flung the tablets from his hands, shattering them at the foot of the mountain.		As Moshe drew close to the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing before it. Moshe became enraged, he flung the tablets from his hands, shattering them at the foot of the mountain.
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		+	The root of the sin of the golden calf was their lack of belief in the Oral Torah, causing them to act upon their own corrupt interpretation of Moshe's statement, regarding when he would descend and their placing an intermediary between themselves and Hashem. By Moshe breaking the Luchos, he established; the Written Torah has no existence without belief in the Oral Torah. By denying the Oral Torah, the entire Written Torah is also nullified. By doing this; Moshe cut off any nourishment the Nations might have from the Written Torah, showing it has no completion without the Oral Torah.<ref name="Likutay Halachos - Choshen Mishpat - Hilchos Halvaha 4:9"/>

	===Eradication of the Golden Calf===		===Eradication of the Golden Calf===

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Ketoret HaSamim

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	==Ketoret HaSamim==		==Ketoret HaSamim==
−	Hashem tells Moshe to take aromatics and create an incense formula, compounding it according to the art of the perfumer, to be burnt twice daily on the golden altar inside Ohel Moed. It should be well blended, pure, and holy.	+	Hashem tells Moshe to take aromatics and create an incense formula, compounding it according to the art of the perfumer, to be burnt twice daily on the golden altar inside Ohel Moed. It should be well blended, pure, and holy and have the status of 'holy of holies'.

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	===Exclusivity===		===Exclusivity===
−	It is forbidden to compound incense using the Ketoret formula. Anyone who clones the Ketoret to smell it's fragrance, receives Karet and becomes cut off from his people.	+	It is forbidden to compound incense using the Ketoret formula for it is holy for Hashem and can only be created for His Name.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:37"/> Anyone who clones the Ketoret with its exact ingredients<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:37">Rashi Shemos 30:37</ref> to smell it's fragrance, receives Karet and becomes cut off from his people. One is permitted to create a batch of Ketoret using his own ingredients with the intention of delivering it for use of the public<ref>Rashi Shemos 30:38</ref> in the Mishkan Bais Hamikdash.

	===Daily Service===		===Daily Service===
−	Twice each day including Shabbat and holidays,<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> a Ketoret offering consisting of a half a 'mana' each,<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> was burnt on the inner Mizbeach Hazahav. The morning Ketoret was offered following the cleaning of the Menorah lamps and the afternoon Ketoret was offered following the lighting of the Menorah.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/>	+	Twice each day<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:36">Rashi Shemos 30:36</ref> including Shabbat and holidays,<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> a Ketoret offering consisting of a half a 'mana' each,<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> was burnt on the inner Mizbeach Hazahav in the Ohel Moed<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:36"/> where appointments where Hashem spoke to Moshe were set up.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:36"/> The morning Ketoret was offered following the cleaning of the Menorah lamps and the afternoon Ketoret was offered following the lighting of the Menorah.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/>

	Since the burning of the Ketoret was auspicious for wealth and was therefore a much desired job, it was allotted via the use of a lotto. Any Kohen that won the job of burning the Ketoret was never given a chance to do so again.<ref>Mishna Yuma</ref>		Since the burning of the Ketoret was auspicious for wealth and was therefore a much desired job, it was allotted via the use of a lotto. Any Kohen that won the job of burning the Ketoret was never given a chance to do so again.<ref>Mishna Yuma</ref>

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Machatzit HaShekel

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	==Machatzit HaShekel==		==Machatzit HaShekel==
−	Hashem tells Moshe when he takes<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:12">Rashi Shemos 30:12</ref> a counts the Jews by their numbers to know how many they are,<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:12"/> it should be done by collecting a half a shekel from each each male above the age twenty and counting those rather than by doing a headcount.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:12"/> This donation would also server as an atonement for their souls. By calculating the total of the Jewish Nation through the counting of the coins, Moshe is able to avoid the creation of a devastating plague that could incur had he counted the actual people. This method was to be used any time the Jews are to be counted.~~<ref>Rashi</ref>~~	+	Hashem tells Moshe when he takes<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:12">Rashi Shemos 30:12</ref> a counts the Jews by their numbers to know how many they are,<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:12"/> it should be done by collecting a half a shekel from each each male above the age twenty and counting those rather than by doing a headcount.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:12"/> This donation would also server as an atonement for their souls. By calculating the total of the Jewish Nation through the counting of the coins, Moshe is able to avoid the creation of a devastating plague that could incur had he counted the actual people. This method was to be used any time the Jews are to be counted.

	Here the Jews were counted to update their population status after the fatalities suffered due to the Chet Haegel<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:16">Rashi Shemos 30:16</ref> from the drinking of the powdered waters, the mass execution led by the Levim and the large plague that took place.<ref name="Shover Zadim Parashat Ki Tisa"/> Counting the Jews was an act of love,<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:16"/> just like an owner would request his shepherd would recount his sheep after a plague befell his flock.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:16"/> Additionally the more the Jews increase, the more the honor of Hashem increases, so counting them would invoke that.<ref name="Likutay Halachos Hilchos Tzitzis 7">Likutay Halachos Hilchos Tzitzis 7</ref>		Here the Jews were counted to update their population status after the fatalities suffered due to the Chet Haegel<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:16">Rashi Shemos 30:16</ref> from the drinking of the powdered waters, the mass execution led by the Levim and the large plague that took place.<ref name="Shover Zadim Parashat Ki Tisa"/> Counting the Jews was an act of love,<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:16"/> just like an owner would request his shepherd would recount his sheep after a plague befell his flock.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:16"/> Additionally the more the Jews increase, the more the honor of Hashem increases, so counting them would invoke that.<ref name="Likutay Halachos Hilchos Tzitzis 7">Likutay Halachos Hilchos Tzitzis 7</ref>

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Preparation

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	===Preparation===		===Preparation===
−	The Ketoret incense contained 11 main spices. Four are written openly in the Torah and the rest are alluded to in the verse. The main four all had equal weight of 70 Manah.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:34"/> All spices had to be pure (Tahor) from any spiritual impurities (Tumah), they had to be purchased using sacred money (Hekdesh) and had to be ground up very finely.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet">Ketoret Sheet</ref> When prepared properly the Ketoret became categorized as 'holy of holies'.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> It was prepared annually in batches of 368 'mana' (480 grams / 1.06 pounds per 'mana', totaling 176 kilograms / 388.01 pounds)<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> that accounted for the 365 days of the leap year and an additional 3 'mana' used for the Yom Kipor services<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> Leftover portions of Ketoret from non leap years and from the varying hand sizes of the Kohen Gadal who served each year on Yom Kipor, were saved and once every 60 - 70 years only a 50% reduced annual batch of 184 'mana' was made.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> It was permitted to produce the Ketoret in third or quarter sized batches as long as the ingredients were kept to the same proportions of the full batch.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> When preparing the Ketoret, the grinder would say "grind well, become well ground". He would repeat this over and over during the entire time of grinding since speech was auspicious for a successful incense.<ref name="Shover Zadim Parashat Ki Tisa"/> If even one the Ketoret's ingredients was missing or out of proportion,<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> the person who offered it was punishable by death.<ref name="Shover Zadim Parashat Ki Tisa"/>	+	The Ketoret incense contained 11 main spices. Four are written openly in the Torah and the rest are alluded to in the verse. The main four all had equal weight of 70 Manah.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:34"/> All spices had to be pure (Tahor)<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:35"/> from any spiritual impurities (Tumah), they had to be purchased using sacred money (Hekdesh) and had to be ground up very finely<ref name="Ketoret Sheet">Ketoret Sheet</ref> according to the art of the perfumer and must be thoroughly mixed one with the other.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:35">Rashi Shemos 30:35</ref> It should be holy<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:35"/> meaning that it should be purchased from Hekdesh funds<ref>Rashi Kepsuto Shemos 30:35</ref> When prepared properly the Ketoret became categorized as 'holy of holies'.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/>
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		+	The Ketoret was prepared annually in batches of 368 'mana' (480 grams / 1.06 pounds per 'mana', totaling 176 kilograms / 388.01 pounds)<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> that accounted for the 365 days of the leap year and an additional 3 'mana' used for the Yom Kipor services<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> Leftover portions of Ketoret from non leap years and from the varying hand sizes of the Kohen Gadal who served each year on Yom Kipor, were saved and once every 60 - 70 years only a 50% reduced annual batch of 184 'mana' was made.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> It was permitted to produce the Ketoret in third or quarter sized batches as long as the ingredients were kept to the same proportions of the full batch.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> When preparing the Ketoret, the grinder would say "grind well, become well ground". He would repeat this over and over during the entire time of grinding since speech was auspicious for a successful incense.<ref name="Shover Zadim Parashat Ki Tisa"/> If even one the Ketoret's ingredients was missing or out of proportion,<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> the person who offered it was punishable by death.<ref name="Shover Zadim Parashat Ki Tisa"/>

	===Ingredients===		===Ingredients===

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	===Preparation===		===Preparation===
−	The Ketoret incense contained 11 main spices. Four are written openly in the Torah and the rest are alluded to in the verse. All spices had to be pure (Tahor) from any spiritual impurities (Tumah), they had to be purchased using sacred money (Hekdesh) and had to be ground up very finely.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet">Ketoret Sheet</ref> When prepared properly the Ketoret became categorized as 'holy of holies'.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> It was prepared annually in batches of 368 'mana' (480 grams / 1.06 pounds per 'mana', totaling 176 kilograms / 388.01 pounds)<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> that accounted for the 365 days of the leap year and an additional 3 'mana' used for the Yom Kipor services<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> Leftover portions of Ketoret from non leap years and from the varying hand sizes of the Kohen Gadal who served each year on Yom Kipor, were saved and once every 60 - 70 years only a 50% reduced annual batch of 184 'mana' was made.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> It was permitted to produce the Ketoret in third or quarter sized batches as long as the ingredients were kept to the same proportions of the full batch.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> When preparing the Ketoret, the grinder would say "grind well, become well ground". He would repeat this over and over during the entire time of grinding since speech was auspicious for a successful incense.<ref name="Shover Zadim Parashat Ki Tisa"/> If even one the Ketoret's ingredients was missing or out of proportion,<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> the person who offered it was punishable by death.<ref name="Shover Zadim Parashat Ki Tisa"/>	+	The Ketoret incense contained 11 main spices. Four are written openly in the Torah and the rest are alluded to in the verse. The main four all had equal weight of 70 Manah.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:34"/> All spices had to be pure (Tahor) from any spiritual impurities (Tumah), they had to be purchased using sacred money (Hekdesh) and had to be ground up very finely.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet">Ketoret Sheet</ref> When prepared properly the Ketoret became categorized as 'holy of holies'.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> It was prepared annually in batches of 368 'mana' (480 grams / 1.06 pounds per 'mana', totaling 176 kilograms / 388.01 pounds)<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> that accounted for the 365 days of the leap year and an additional 3 'mana' used for the Yom Kipor services<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> Leftover portions of Ketoret from non leap years and from the varying hand sizes of the Kohen Gadal who served each year on Yom Kipor, were saved and once every 60 - 70 years only a 50% reduced annual batch of 184 'mana' was made.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> It was permitted to produce the Ketoret in third or quarter sized batches as long as the ingredients were kept to the same proportions of the full batch.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> When preparing the Ketoret, the grinder would say "grind well, become well ground". He would repeat this over and over during the entire time of grinding since speech was auspicious for a successful incense.<ref name="Shover Zadim Parashat Ki Tisa"/> If even one the Ketoret's ingredients was missing or out of proportion,<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> the person who offered it was punishable by death.<ref name="Shover Zadim Parashat Ki Tisa"/>

	===Ingredients===		===Ingredients===

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	# '''Muhr''' - Myrrh equaling 16 Mana, a resin extracted from a small thorny tree.<ref>Wikipedia Myrrh</ref>		# '''Muhr''' - Myrrh equaling 16 Mana, a resin extracted from a small thorny tree.<ref>Wikipedia Myrrh</ref>
	# '''Kitza''' - Cassia equaling 16 Mana. When burnt, this spice can be smelled from far.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/>		# '''Kitza''' - Cassia equaling 16 Mana. When burnt, this spice can be smelled from far.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/>
−	# '''Shibolet Nerd''' - Spikenard equaling 16 Mana	+	# '''Shibolet Nerd''' - Spikenard equaling 16 Mana. This is a single ingredient<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:34"/> which is shaped like an ear of grain.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:34"/>
	# '''Carkum''' - Saffron equaling 16 Mana		# '''Carkum''' - Saffron equaling 16 Mana
	# '''Koshet''' - Costus equaling 12 Mana, a white root with great fragrance, that can be smelled from far.		# '''Koshet''' - Costus equaling 12 Mana, a white root with great fragrance, that can be smelled from far.
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	====Additional Ingredients====		====Additional Ingredients====
−	# '''Boris Karshina''' - 9 Kabin (around 8 kilograms / 17.64 pounds),<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> This was a form of soap originating from the city of Karshina. It was used to clean ~~the Levona~~ and Tziporen - onycha ~~which~~ would be black and dirty when extracted from the ground. It was then cleaned with the soap to prevent the dirt from ruining its ~~googd~~ smell.	+	# '''Boris Karshina''' - 9 Kabin (around 8 kilograms / 17.64 pounds),<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> This was a form of soap originating from the city of Karshina. It was not an actual ingredient and was only used to clean and whiten the Tziporen - onycha so it should be beautiful.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:34"/> This was needed since it would be black and dirty when extracted from the ground. It was then cleaned with the soap to prevent the dirt from ruining its good smell.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/>
	# '''Yayin Kafrisin''' - 3 Sah and 3 Kabin (around 28 liter / 7.40 gallons),<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> a strong form of wine used to soak the Tziporen - onycha to strength its smell and help it travel further. Although soaking the Tziporen in urine instead would have strengthened it even more, it was not used since urine was not brought into the Temple out of respect.		# '''Yayin Kafrisin''' - 3 Sah and 3 Kabin (around 28 liter / 7.40 gallons),<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> a strong form of wine used to soak the Tziporen - onycha to strength its smell and help it travel further. Although soaking the Tziporen in urine instead would have strengthened it even more, it was not used since urine was not brought into the Temple out of respect.
	# '''Chamar Chivar Atik''' - Aged wine that is neither white nor red.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> This was brought in as a replacement when the Yayin Kafrisin wine could not be attained.		# '''Chamar Chivar Atik''' - Aged wine that is neither white nor red.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> This was brought in as a replacement when the Yayin Kafrisin wine could not be attained.

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11 Ingediants

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	Although only 4 ingredients are mentioned openly in the verse it alludes to 11 which were taught to Moshe when he was at Har Sinai.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:34"/>		Although only 4 ingredients are mentioned openly in the verse it alludes to 11 which were taught to Moshe when he was at Har Sinai.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:34"/>

−	~~ויאמר ה אל משה קח לך~~	+	* סמים = Two (#1 & #2) because 'Samim - aromatics' is written in a plural form.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:34"/>
−	סמים	+	* נטף = One (#3)
−	נטף ושחלת וחלבנה סמים ולבנה ~~זכה בד בבד יהיה~~	+	* ושחלת = One (#4)
		+	* וחלבנה = One (#5)
		+	* סמים = Five (#6 - #10) since it is written a second time when it is not needed, it comes to include the amount of all ingredients discussed so far to this point in the verse which are five.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:34"/>
		+	* ולבנה = One (#11)

	===Exclusivity===		===Exclusivity===

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11 Ingediants

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	Although only 4 ingredients are mentioned openly in the verse it alludes to 11 which were taught to Moshe when he was at Har Sinai.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:34"/>		Although only 4 ingredients are mentioned openly in the verse it alludes to 11 which were taught to Moshe when he was at Har Sinai.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:34"/>

−	~~היהי דבב דב הכז הנבלו םימס הנבלחו תלחשו ףטנ םימס ךל חק השמ לא '~~ה ~~רמאיו~~	+	ויאמר ה אל משה קח לך
−		+	סמים
−		+	נטף ושחלת וחלבנה סמים ולבנה זכה בד בבד יהיה
−	From here our Rabbis learned that eleven ingredients were told to Moses [when he was] at Sinai: the minimum of aromatics-two [since סַמִּים is written in the plural form]; balsam sap, onycha, and galbanum-three, equaling five; aromatics [written a second time]-to include again the number of these, equaling ten; and frankincense, totaling eleven. They are as follows: (1) balsam sap, (2) onycha, (3) galbanum, (4) frankincense, (5) myrrh, (6) cassia, (7) spikenard נֵרְדְּ) (שִׁבֹּלֶת, and (8) saffron, totaling eight, because שִׁבֹּלֶת and נֵרְדְּ are one, for spikenard נֵרְדְּ is like an ear [of grain] שִׁבֹּלֶת. [To continue:] (9) costus, (10) aromatic bark, and (11) cinnamon, thus totaling eleven. Borith carshina [mentioned further in the Baraitha, is not counted because it] does not go up in smoke, but they rub the onycha with it to whiten it so that it should be beautiful. -[from Ker. 6a]	+

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No Honey

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	====No Honey====		====No Honey====
	As is the Ketoret produced a delightfully fragrant smell, where even a 'krotev' (around 5 grams) of honey<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> to be added to its ingredients the smell would have been greatly increased until it would have become overwhelming. Despite this it was forbidden to add honey to the Ketoret and doing so would disqualify its use in the Beit Hamikdash.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> This was in accordance with the prohibition of sacrificing any honey or leaven to Hashem, since honey symbolizes unnecessary luxuries and leaven symbolizes haughtiness.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/>		As is the Ketoret produced a delightfully fragrant smell, where even a 'krotev' (around 5 grams) of honey<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> to be added to its ingredients the smell would have been greatly increased until it would have become overwhelming. Despite this it was forbidden to add honey to the Ketoret and doing so would disqualify its use in the Beit Hamikdash.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/> This was in accordance with the prohibition of sacrificing any honey or leaven to Hashem, since honey symbolizes unnecessary luxuries and leaven symbolizes haughtiness.<ref name="Ketoret Sheet"/>
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		+	====11 Ingediants====
		+	Although only 4 ingredients are mentioned openly in the verse it alludes to 11 which were taught to Moshe when he was at Har Sinai.<ref name="Rashi Shemos 30:34"/>
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		+	היהי דבב דב הכז הנבלו םימס הנבלחו תלחשו ףטנ םימס ךל חק השמ לא 'ה רמאיו
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		+	From here our Rabbis learned that eleven ingredients were told to Moses [when he was] at Sinai: the minimum of aromatics-two [since סַמִּים is written in the plural form]; balsam sap, onycha, and galbanum-three, equaling five; aromatics [written a second time]-to include again the number of these, equaling ten; and frankincense, totaling eleven. They are as follows: (1) balsam sap, (2) onycha, (3) galbanum, (4) frankincense, (5) myrrh, (6) cassia, (7) spikenard נֵרְדְּ) (שִׁבֹּלֶת, and (8) saffron, totaling eight, because שִׁבֹּלֶת and נֵרְדְּ are one, for spikenard נֵרְדְּ is like an ear [of grain] שִׁבֹּלֶת. [To continue:] (9) costus, (10) aromatic bark, and (11) cinnamon, thus totaling eleven. Borith carshina [mentioned further in the Baraitha, is not counted because it] does not go up in smoke, but they rub the onycha with it to whiten it so that it should be beautiful. -[from Ker. 6a]

	===Exclusivity===		===Exclusivity===