Commentary for Menachot 10:18

א"ל רב אחא מדיפתי לרבינא א"ה טריפה נמי תקריב ותתיר לאו שבתוכה אלא פריך הכי מה למנחת העומר שכן מצותה בכך

R'Aha B'Abba said to R'Ashi, Even according to R'Akiba's view one could refute the argument thus: This is so of the 'Omer meal-offering since it renders permitted the new produce [of the Sabbatical year grown] outside the Land [of Israel]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And so it is not on a par with a trefah animal which renders naught permitted.');">²²</span> And even according to him who maintains that outside the Land [of Israel] the new produce is not forbidden by the law of the Torah, [one can refute the argument thus: This is so of the 'Omer meal-offering,] since it serves to raise the prohibition that lies upon it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the prohibition of the new produce. If in the Sabbatical year a man were to eat of the remnants of the 'Omer meal-offering, he would not be liable for eating of the new produce, for this prohibition has been raised by the offering of the 'Omer, but would only incur guilt for eating of ifa the produce of the Sabbatical year. V., however, Tosaf. s.v. .');">²³</span>

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