Commentary for Menachot 55:5

אלא אמר רבא הא והא רבנן כאן להכשיר (הקרבן) כאן להרצות (שלא עלו לבעלים לשום חובה):

But according to R'Eliezer is it permitted to deduce a law by analogy from another law which has itself been deduced by analogy?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 179, nn. 7 and 8. It is absolutely disallowed to deduce any law in connection with holy things by the process of double analogy. Cf. Zeb. 49b.');">⁶</span> - Raba therefore answered, Both teachings state the view of the Rabbis; one deals with the validity<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The latter Baraitha implied that the offering was valid, but only to this extent, that the remainder of the log of oil was thereby rendered permitted to the priests.');">⁷</span>

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