Commentary for Menachot 49:2

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> תנו רבנן (שמות כח, לח) ונשא אהרן את עון הקדשים וכי איזה עון הוא נושא אם תאמר עון פיגול הרי כבר נאמר לא יחשב א"ת עון נותר הרי כבר נאמר לא ירצה

BUT IF IT HAD BEEN TAKEN OUT [OF THE TEMPLE COURT] AND WAS AFTERWARDS OFFERED, THE PLATE DOES NOT RENDER IT ACCEPTABLE; FOR THE PLATE ONLY RENDERS ACCEPTABLE THE OFFERING WHICH WAS UNCLEAN BUT NOT THAT WHICH WAS TAKEN OUT. <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>Our Rabbis taught: It is written, And Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXVIII, 38. This verse intimates that the High Priest's plate atones for some fault in connection with the offering. kudhp');">³</span>

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