Commentary for Menachot 148:1

לא קא מיבעיא לי כי קא מבעיא לי לאו דכליל תהיה מאי

I have no doubt at all;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The priest is certainly liable on account of the prohibition (Lev. XXII, 10) There shall no non-priest eat of the holy thing, for in regard to the portions that are to be burnt upon the altar the priest is in the same category as a non-priest.');">¹</span> I ask the question only as regards the precept 'It shall be wholly burnt'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Does this precept, which is stated in connection with the meal-offering, apply to all offerings which are to be burnt or not?');">²</span> How is it then? - Said R'Aaron to Rabina, Come and hear: For it was taught: R'Eliezer says, The precept 'It shall be wholly burnt', wherever it applies, imports also a prohibition against eating.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Mak. 18b. Hence the priest is liable on account of this prohibition too.');">³</span>

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