Commentary for Temurah 3:33

(ויקרא כז, י) אם המר ימיר לרבו' היורש

Or if you prefer [another solution] I may say that R'Judah may still be of the opinion [that partners in a sacrifice must perform laying on of hands] but he derives the cases both of the sacrifice of a gentile and a fellow's sacrifice<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As being excluded from the laying on of hands');">²⁴</span> from the one text.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The expression 'his offering' implies the exclusion of the sacrifice by an agent, whether Jew or gentile, from the law of laying on of hands. For it cannot be said to be solely for the purpose of excluding the sacrifice of a gentile from the laying on of hands, since this is already derived from another Biblical text as explained in Men. 93a.');">²⁵</span> There is left over therefore one text, from which we derive that partners in a sacrifice must perform laying on of hands.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And there still remains a third text of 'his offering' to imply that laying on of hands is not required in connection with a father's dedication, since a father's sacrifice might naturally be regarded as one's own and consequently subject to the laying on of hands. There is need therefore for a special text to inform us that this is not so.');">²⁶</span> And as to R'Meir, who rules that an heir can exchange [with his father's dedication] what is his reason? - He can tell you: [Scripture says:] And if he shall at all change,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'changing he shall change'. The reduplicated expression enables us to infer that an heir's exchange of his father's sacrifice is effective.');">²⁷</span> to intimate that an heir can change.

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