Commentary for Meilah 5:15

עולת במת יחיד שהכניסה לפנים

And we have furthermore learnt: Whatever became disqualified in the Sanctuary need not be removed, if already laid upon the altar, need not be brought down.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Zeb. 84a.');">¹¹</span> Is this not a refutation of Rabbah's view?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From the first Mishnah we learn that the sin-offerings of a bird whose melikah was performed in the wrong place a case which corresponds to the instances of our Mishnah - do not defile the garments worn by him that swallows them; thus we infer that when the second Mishnah speaks of disqualification that occurred in the Sanctuary, the reference is likewise to a melikah performed in the wrong place, and similarly the third Mishnah which states that whatever becomes disqualified in the Sanctuary need not be brought down when already laid upon the altar includes such a disqualification as melikah performed in the wrong place, and similarly a slaughtering in the wrong place which refutes Rabbah.');">¹²</span> - It is indeed a refutation. Now the point which had been disputed by Rabbah and R'Joseph was a matter of course to R'Eleazar. For R'Eleazar said:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Zeb. 1 19b.');">¹³</span> If a burnt-offering which was dedicated to a private High Place<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' At a time when these were permitted. In such places the offerings need not necessarily be slaughtered on the north side of the altar. Cf. Zeb. 112b.');">¹⁴</span> was brought [to be offered] inside [the Sanctuary]

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