Commentary for Menachot 89:3
אלא פרים דאפילו אהדדי לא מעכבי ואילים דהכא ודהכא הוא דלא מעכבי אינהו מעכבי
But the expression 'shall be' is used with regard to them!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. prec. note. The expression 'shall be' invariably implies indispensability of every item and detail; thus conflicting with our MISHNAH:');"><sup>4</sup></span> - In truth those of Pentecost which are ordained in the Book of Leviticus are meant, and [the Mishnah] teaches that neither the [absence of the] rams which are ordained in Leviticus will invalidate the ram ordained in Numbers nor will [the absence of] the ram ordained in Numbers invalidate the rams ordained in Leviticus.
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