Commentary for Menachot 6:10

רב אשי אמר ל"ק כאן בקומץ (מנחת) מחבת לשום מרחשת כאן בקומץ מנחת מחבת לשום מנחת מרחשת

if [he slaughtered it] under the name of the sin-offering of the Nazirite or of the leper is invalid, because with each of these there is a burnt-offering too.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And it might be said that a sin-offering offered under the name of a burnt-offering is also valid, which is certainly not the law. According to uvhhsvc another reading, the word is omitted, and the translation would be: 'these are (sc. have the characteristics of) burnt-offerings'; i.e., the sin-offering of the Nazirite and of the leper do not, like all other sin-offerings, bring about atonement, but only serve to render the person fit to partake of that which he was forbidden heretofore, namely, to permit the Nazirite to drink wine, and the leper to enter the Temple and to partake of sacred food.');">¹⁴</span> R'Aha the son of Raba reports that it is invalid in every case, for it is written, And he shall slaughter it for a sin-offering.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. IV, 33. v,ut');">¹⁵</span>

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