Commentary for Temurah 39:19

אי הכי הכא נמי

Or, again, if a 'ruler' sets aside a she-goat instead of a goat [as a sin-offering], let it become holy, since elsewhere an individual sets aside a she-goat [for a sin-offering]? - These are two Separate persons [bodies].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., an individual and a 'ruler', and therefore we do not draw a comparison between them, whereas here an individual can set aside a female animal for his burnt-offering and it becomes holy and effects exchange, because if he, the same person, wished he could renounce his property in order to become a poor man and thus be able legally to bring a female bird for his burnt-offering.');">¹⁷</span>

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