Commentary for Menachot 43:1

כי זכי להו רחמנא לישראל דאית להו לשכה לכהנים דלית להו לשכה לא זכי להו רחמנא קמ"ל

the Divine Law granted this privilege<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The use of the Temple supply of salt for their offerings.');">¹</span> only to Israelites since they have a [share in the] chamber, but not to the priests as they have no [share in the] chamber; we are therefore taught [that this is not so].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But the Beth din expressly granted them this concession. V. Shek. VII, 7.');">²</span> Now as to wood, concerning which the Tanna is certain that it is taken from the public supplies, whence does he know it? From the following: I might have thought that if a man said, 'I take upon myself to offer a burnt-offering', he must provide the wood himself<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he must bring from his house'.');">³</span>

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