Commentary for Menachot 26:5
ומי מצית אמרת טעמא דר' יוסי בלבונה לאו משום דלאו מינה דמנחה היא והא קתני סיפא אמרו לו מה שינתה מן הזבח אמר להן הזבח דמו ובשרו ואימוריו אחד ולבונה אינה מן המנחה
Surely it is expressly so stated in the last clause: THEY SAID TO HIM, HOW DOES THIS DIFFER FROM AN ANIMAL-OFFERING? HE SAID TO THEM, WITH THE ANIMAL-OFFERING THE BLOOD, THE FLESH AND THE SACRIFICIAL PORTIONS ARE ALL ONE; BUT THE FRANKINCENSE IS NOT OF THE MEAL-OFFERING!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the meaning presumably is this: the blood and the sacrificial portions of an animal-offering all come from the one animal; the frankincense, on the other hand, is a different substance and does not come from the meal-offering.');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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