Commentary for Menachot 120:5

מה להצד השוה שבהן שכן הוכשרו לבא בעשיר כבעני תאמר במנחת חוטא שלא הוכשרה לבא בעשיר כבעני תלמוד לומר את המנחה

however, are that they are alike with regard to the taking of the handful and also with regard to bringing near; I will then also include the sinner's meal-offering, that since it is lik unto them with regard to the taking of the handful it shall be like unto them also with regard to the bringing near. But [it will be objected that] there is yet another common feature, namely that the same offering is valid for the rich as for the poor, whereas in the case of the sinner's meal-offering the same offering is not valid f the rich as for the poor.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The meal-offering brought as a sin-offering is prescribed only for a person in poor circumstances; a person of better means must bring a pair of doves, and a rich person a lamb, for a sin-offering. V. Lev. V, 6, 7, 11.');">⁷</span>

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