Commentary for Menachot 38:2
גופא אמר רב כל מקום שהחזיר לך הכתוב בתורה מנחה אינו אלא לעכב ושמואל אמר גרש ושמן מעכבין ואין דבר אחר מעכב ולשמואל אע"ג דתנא ביה קרא לא מעכבא ליה
Samuel, however, said, The bruised corn and the oil are indispensable, but no other thing is indispensable.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even though the rite is repeated in another verse.');"><sup>2</sup></span> Is it then suggested that according to Samuel even though the rite is repeated in another verse it is not indispensable?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely not; for what else could be the purpose of the repetition of that rite if not to indicate indispensability?');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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