Commentary for Menachot 160:3
ואמר רבא הפריש תודתו ואבדה וחזר והפריש אחרת תחתיה ואבדה וחזר והפריש אחרת תחתיה ונמצאו הראשונות והרי שלשתן עומדות נתכפר בראשונה שניה אינה טעונה לחם שלישית טעונה לחם
If so, the reverse should also be true, should it not?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the surplus of money assigned for the loaves should be used for the thank-offering.');"><sup>2</sup></span> -[No,] the loaves are referred to as 'the thank-offering' but the thank-offering is never referred to as 'the loaves'. Raba also said, If a man set apart [an animal for] his thank- offering and it was lost, and he set apart another in its stead and that too was lost, and he then set apart a third in its stead, and then the first [anim were found so that now all three animals stand before us.
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