Commentary for Pesachim 154:19

אלא לעולם רבי יהושע היא מתני' ולא קשיא כאן לכתחלה כאן דיעבד כי אמר רבי יהושע לכתחלה דיעבד לא

- Rather R'Joshua holds: The headplate propitiates for [the defilement of] the objects which ascend [the altar] and for eatables.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence our Mishnah can agree with him.');">²⁵</span> If so, why [do you say,] 'according to the view of R'Joshua it is unfit? '<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely the headplate propitiates, i.e., makes the handful fit for burning on the altar, even if the remainder is unclean?');">²⁶</span>

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