Commentary for Menachot 29:12

וצריכי דאי אשמעינן תודה התם הוא דכי מפגל בלחם לא מפגלא תודה משום דלא הוזקקו זה לזה בתנופה אבל כבשים דהוזקקו זה לזה בתנופה אימא כי מפגל בלחם ליפגלי נמי כבשים צריכא:

But when [the Mishnah] states: THE LAMBS CAN RENDER THE BREAD PIGGUL BUT THE BREAD CANNOT RENDER THE LAMBS PIGGUL, the question will be asked, Where do we find the bread ever referred to as 'the lambs'? - It must be that this is the reason [for our Mishnah]: the bread is appurtenant to the thank-offering<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The slaughtering of the thank-offering renders the bread consecrated; so too does the slaughtering of the lambs at the Feast of Weeks.');">¹³</span> but the thank-offering is not appurtenant to the bread; the bread is appurtenant to the lambs but the lambs are not appurtenant to the bread.

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