Commentary for Menachot 158:3
אי הכי שמן נמי שמן גופה דמנחה הוא
If so, this should apply to oil too! - Oil is part of the meal-offering.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the oil is mingled with the flour and becomes one with the meal-offering; hence, even before mingling, the oil is so closely related to the meal-offering that if the latter is for some reason invalid the oil cannot be used for any other offering.');"><sup>3</sup></span> Should they not stipulate that they shall be non-holy?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., in the event of the drink-offerings not being utilized for the animal-offering they shall be permitted for secular use. Wherefore does our Mishnah state: BUT IF NOT, THEY ARE LEFT TO BECOME INVALID?');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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