During the Festival of Shavuot a special bread offering known as the Sh’tai haLechem. `The priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. (Lev 23:20 NKJ). These two loaves were of a peculiar shape and are unique in that they are the only Mincha (Bread Offering) that have leaven. The two lambs are waved (tenufah) to the six directions in the middle of the two loaves. The tenufah was performed before the slaughtering of the lambs and then again following their slaughter and the animals being offered on the Altar. The legs of the lambs are waved in the second tenufah between the loaves of the bread.
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