Commentary for Menachot 124:10

תנו רבנן חמשה שהביאו קרבן אחד אחד מניף על ידי כולם והאשה כהן מניף על ידה וכן השולח קרבנותיו ממדינת הים כהן מניף על ידו:

in order to exclude the peace-offering of the individual. Again [one could argue by the following] a fortiori argument that the' peace-offering of the community should require the laying on of hands: for if the peace-offering of the individual, which does not require waving for the living animal, requires the laying on of hands, how much more does the peace-offering of the community, which requires waving for the living animal, require the laying on of hands! - Said Rabina: There is a tradition that among the offerings of the community only two require the laying on of hands.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And these are: the bullock offered when the whole community sinned in error and the Scapegoat on the Day of Atonement,');">⁵</span> And again [one could argue by the following] a fortiori argument that the guilt-offering of the leper should require waving after it is slaughtered: for if the peace-offering of the individual, which does not require waving for the living animal, requires waving after it is slaughtered, how much more should the guilt-offering of the leper, which requires waving for the living animal, require waving after it is slaughtered! - The Divine Law therefore stated the exclusive term 'it'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. VII, 30.');">⁶</span> in connection with the peace-offering of the individual in order to exclude the guilt-offering of the leper. Our Rabbis taught: If five persons brought one offering [jointly], one of them performs the rite of waving on behalf of them all. In the case of a woman, the priest waves [the offering] on her behalf. And so, too, if a person sent his offerings from across the seas, the priest waves them on his behalf.

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