Commentary for Menachot 111:6

מדרבי אחייה נפקא דתניא רבי אחייה אומר (ויקרא א, יא) ושחט אותו על ירך המזבח צפונה מה ת"ל

from a permanent law, then with regard to this,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The requirement of slaughtering on the north side.');">⁵</span> too, we may not derive a temporary enactment from a permanent law!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that even according to R. Judah only that rite which was expressly stated as applying to Nahshon's he-goat did apply, but none other; hence slaughtering on the north side was not required for it; accordingly the term 'it' must be otherwise interpreted.');">⁸</span>

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