Commentary for Menachot 29:2

א"ל רב הונא בריה דרב נתן לרב פפא והא עולין דהציץ מרצה על העולין ופליגי

Thereupon R'Huna the son of R'Nathan said to R'Papa, Behold the plate certainly renders [the offering] acceptable [where] the sacrificial portions [had become unclean], and yet they differ! For it has been taught: If one of the dishes of frankincense became unclean, R'Judah says, Both are offered in conditions of uncleanness, for an offering of the congregation may not be divided.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is established law (Pes. 80a) that an offering of the congregation may be offered in conditions of uncleanness. And as the unclean dish of frankincense is offered in conditions of uncleanness, the other dish may be made unclean and offered together with the first. It is thus manifest that the reason for R. Judah's view is as stated here and also in our Mishnah, namely that the offering of the congregation may not be divided, and it has nothing whatever to do with the effectiveness of the plate, for we see that he put forward this reason in our Mishnah where it was suggested that R. Judah held that the plate does not render the offering acceptable where the eatable portions had become unclean, and he also gives this reason in the Baraitha quoted where he admits that the plate renders the offering acceptable where the sacrificial portions had become unclean.');">³</span> But the Rabbis say, The unclean is offered in conditions of uncleanness and the clean in cleanness.

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