Commentary for Yoma 13:8

Concerning blood, flesh, fat, which become unclean, whether by mistake or wilfully, whether by accident or voluntarily,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The word (free-will) after (wilfully) is tautologous, but it is a matter of Talmudic style, since (accident) is mentioned, its opposite is also included, illustratively rather than logically.');">¹⁹</span> whether [the sacrifice] was offered up by an individual or by the entire community.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Men. 25b.');">²⁰</span> Now if it enter your mind that the law of uncleanness is inoperative in case of a community, what need is there for [the priest's plate] to effect pardon? - R'Nahman will answer you: What has been taught about the plate's effecting pardon, refers only to the sacrifice of an individual.

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