Commentary for Menachot 217:4
<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> הרי עלי עולה יקריבנה במקדש ואם הקריבה בבית חוניו לא יצא הרי עלי עולה שאקריבנה בבית חוניו יקריבנה במקדש ואם הקריבה בבית חוניו יצא רבי שמעון אומר אין זו עולה
<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>[IF A MAN SAID,] 'I TAKE UPON MYSELF TO OFFER A BURNT-OFFERING, HE MUST OFFER IT IN THE TEMPLE;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' At Jerusalem.');"><sup>4</sup></span> AND IF HE OFFERED IT IN THE TEMPLE OF ONIAS,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Temple erected in the neighbourhood of Heliopolis in Egypt by Onias IV. who had fled from Palestine 164 B.C.E. It was modelled on the Temple in Jerusalem, and the regular system of sacrifices was established there. It was despoiled and suppressed by the Emperor Vespasian about the same time as the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple; v. Josephus Antiquities. XIII, 3ff.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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