Commentary for Menachot 4:12
מנחת חוטא הרי היא כחטאת לפיכך קמצה שלא לשמה פסולה כחטאת מנחת נדבה הרי היא כאשם לפיכך קמצה שלא לשמה כשירה
'Here he took the handful from that which was prepared on a griddle and referred to it as prepared in a pan, there he took the handful from a meal-offering prepared on a griddle and referred to it as a meal-offering prepared in a pan',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where the officiating priest does not mention 'meal-offering' but merely the vessel in which it has been prepared, referring to one kind as another, it is clear that his words are meaningless and are to be ignored, since the very preparation of the meal-offering contradicts him; hence the offering is in no wise affected thereby and it discharges the owner's obligation. On the other hand, where he refers to one meal-offering as another, as is clearly the case in our Mishnah, the offering is affected thereby, since he has expressed a wrongful intention in connection with a meal-offering, and it therefore does not discharge the owner's obligation.');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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