Commentary for Menachot 10:19

ריש לקיש אמר משום דאיכא למימר מפטם הקטרת יוכיח שאסור להדיוט ומותר לגבוה מפטם גברא הוא

R'Aha of Difti thereupon said to Rabina, If so, should not a trefah animal also be permitted to be offered as a sacrifice and so it would raise the prohibition [of trefah] that lie upon it?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And whosoever ate thereof would not be liable for eating what was trefah.');">²⁴</span> -One could, however, refute the argument thus: This is so of the 'Omer meal-offering since there is an express command that it shall be so.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The 'Omer meal-offering must be brought from the new produce of the year, for that is the very essence of the precept; on the other hand, it is not essential that only a trefah animal shall be offered, any other animal would serve just as well.');">²⁵</span>

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