Commentary for Menachot 157:16

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> אמר זעירי אין הנסכים מתקדשין אלא בשחיטת הזבח מאי טעמא אמר קרא (ויקרא כג, לז) זבח ונסכים

but Raba retracted in favour of Rabbah's view seeing that R'Eliezer retracted in favour of R'Joshua's view. There are some, however, who say that although R'Eliezer retracted in favour of R'Joshua's view Raba did not retract in favour of Rabbah's view; for there [R'Joshua] convinced [R'Eliezer] by his argument: We should infer it from [the slaughtering of the offering] under another name; here, however, if we derive it from [the slaughtering of the offering] under another name, [we obtain the ruling that] if it was brought up it must not be taken down.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For it is admitted by all that if a sin-offering was offered under another name and it was brought up upon the altar it must not be taken down again. V. Zeb. 84a.');">¹²</span>

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