Commentary for Menachot 96:6

מיתיבי אשם בן שנה והביא בן שתים בן שתים והביא בן שנה פסולין ותעובר צורתן ויצאו לבית השרפה

And so with the peace-offerings of a Nazirite, if they were slaughtered not according to the prescribed rite, they are valid but they do not count in fulfilment of their owner's obligation; they may be eaten the same day and evening [until midnight], and they do not require any cakes nor the offering of the shoulder [to the priest].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As would be the case were the offering accepted in fulfilment of the Nazirite's obligation (cf. Num. VI, 19) . Now, although the peace-offering of the Nazirite is mentioned alongside with his sin-offering in verse 14 ibid., and one could conclude therefrom that the former, if offered not according to its prescribed rite, is invalid, Levi prefers to draw the inference between the identical kinds of offerings, namely from the freewill peace-offering to the obligatory peace-offering. Accordingly any obligatory peace-offerings, e.g., the Nazirite's peace-offering or the lambs of Pentecost, are valid even though offered not according to the prescribed rite, as is the case with freewill peace-offerings.');">⁹</span> An objection was raised: If for the guilt-offering that requires a lamb of the first year<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That is, the guilt-offering brought by a Nazirite when rendered unclean, or the guilt-offering of a leper at his purification, in connection with acf which Holy Writ uses the expression 'a lamb', i.e., of the first year; v. Parah I, 3. kht');">¹⁰</span>

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