Commentary for Menachot 26:10

בשלמא קומץ היינו שוחט מוליך נמי היינו מוליך מקטיר היינו זורק אלא נותן בכלי מאי קא עביד

Why? - R'Jeremiah said, This touches upon the law of 'bringing nigh'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For when the non-priest hands over the frankincense to the officiating priest he has certainly reduced the distance of 'bringing nigh', which being an essential service must be performed by the priest only, whereas here it was partly performed by the non-priest.');">¹¹</span> He is of the opinion that 'bringing nigh' without even moving the feet is quite a proper act,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'its name is bringing nigh'. Therefore even if the non-priest did not move his feet at all, but merely handed over the frankincense which he had gathered up to the priest, this action is sufficient to fulfil the requirements of the 'bringing nigh'; and therefore if performed by a non-priest it is invalid.');">¹²</span>

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