Commentary for Menachot 17:2
והא למה לי קרא לימא בחצר אהל מועד יאכלוה ולא יהא טפל חמור מן העיקר
One could say, it is sufficient that it is written, In the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. VI, 9.');"><sup>2</sup></span> and the accessory surely cannot be more important than the principal!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And if the most holy meat may be eaten in the Temple court, how much more so on the argument of R. Johanan in the Temple proper! Surely then no verse is necessary to permit this.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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