Commentary for Menachot 39:18

אלא לבונה באה עמה בכלי אחד [נסכים אין באין בכלי אחד] אבל עצים כי היכי דמתכשרא בהו מנחה הכי מתכשרא בהו כולהו קרבנות

- This is what he meant: I might argue that the expression 'offering' is a general proposition and 'meal-offering' a particular item, so that we would have here a general proposition followed by a particular item, in which case the scope of the proposition is limited to the particular item specified, hence only the meal-offering [would require salting] but no other thing! The verse therefore added, With all thine offerings, which is another general proposition; so that we have now two general propositions separated from each other by a particular item, in which case they include only such things as are similar to the particular item specified: as the item specified<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the handful of the meal-offering which is burnt upon the altar.');">¹⁹</span> is clearly something for which other things are requisite, so everything for which other things are requisite [requires salting].

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