Commentary for Menachot 219:17
תניא אמר רבי שמעון בן עזאי בוא וראה מה כתיב בפרשת קרבנות שלא נאמר בהן לא אל ולא אלהים אלא ה' שלא ליתן פתחון פה לבעל דין לחלוק
For the burnt-offering, for the meal-offering'? It should have said, 'a burnt-offering, a meal-offering'! Rather, said Raba, it means that whosoever occupies himself with the study of the Torah needs neither burnt-offering, nor meal-offering, nor sin-offering, nor guilt-offering.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The verse accordingly means: The Torah is for, i.e., in lieu of, the burnt-offering, the meal-offering, etc.: the study of the Torah makes vkugk vkug tk atonement like the offering of sacrifice. Another interpretation: stands for 'no (need for) burnt-offering'; cf. Ned. 11a.');"><sup>19</sup></span>
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