Commentary for Menachot 201:12

ולא היא שמיעא ליה ולא הדר ביה לאו אמרת התם כיון דלא שכיחי לא מיפרקי

I grant you that frankincense and vessels of ministry are scarce, but surely wood is not scarce! - Even wood is scarce, in view of a Master's ruling that wood in which a worm is found is unfit for the altar.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 85b.');">¹⁵</span> R'Papa said, Had Samuel heard of the following [Baraitha] which was taught: 'If a man consecrated unblemished animals for the Temple treasury, they may be redeemed only for the altar,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., they are to be sold for an offering.');">¹⁶</span>

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