Commentary for Menachot 9:17

אלא אמר רב פפא היינו טעמא דר"ל דקסבר האיר מזרח מתיר דרבי יוחנן ור"ל דאמרי תרוייהו אפילו בזמן שבית המקדש קיים

But why does R'Papa raise this objection? Did not R'Papa say that the law is different with regard to the rites of a leper, since the expression 'shall be' i used with regard to them? - R'Papa had felt this difficulty: perhaps this law only affected what was a 'service', but slaughtering is no 'service';<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since it does not require the services of a priest but a layman may slaughter the sacrifice. V. Tosaf. s.v. 1.');">²⁴</span> now if [it is correct to say that] the prohibition of 'out of time does not apply to the same day, then some one might keep stirring the blood [of the sin-offering] whilst the guilt-offering is being offered and then the sin-offering can be offered! - Rather said R'Papa, This is the reason for Resh Lakish's view: he is of the opinion that the daybreak<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'when the eastern sky has lit up'.');">²⁵</span> [of the sixteenth day of Nisan] renders [the new harvest] permitted. For both R'Johanan and Resh Lakish said, Even when the Temple was in existence

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