Commentary for Menachot 201:10

בשלמא לבונה וכלי שרת לא שכיחי אלא עצים מישכח שכיחי עצים נמי כיון דאמר מר כל עץ שנמצא בו תולעת פסול לגבי מזבח הילכך לא שכיחי

wood and frankincense are no foodstuffs but are placed in the category of foodstuffs only by reason of sacred esteem.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The honour in which sacred things are held makes them fit to contract uncleanness even though according to ordinary standards they cannot contract uncleanness. V. Pes. 35a; Hul. 36b.');">¹¹</span> Accordingly wood, so long as it has not been cut up into chips.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And so fit to be used on the altar.');">¹²</span>

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