Commentary for Yoma 47:10

ואימא לכל דבר המזבח כלל עבודת מתנה פרט כלל ופרט אין בכלל אלא מה שבפרט עבודת מתנה אין עבודת סילוק לא אמר קרא

And Levi?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whence does he infer these?');">²⁶</span> - He infers [these] from [the fact that instead of] 'the thing', [is written] 'every thing', [t pertaineth]. And Rab?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' What does 'everything' suggest to him.');">²⁷</span> - He does not infer aught from 'every thing'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he does not expound the thing" as="" everything".'');"="">²⁸</span> But say this: 'In everything that pertaineth to the altar' is a general proposition; 'service of gift' is a specification.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Already comprehended in the general proposition.');">²⁹</span> Now: if a general proposition is followed by a specification, the scope of the proposition is limited by the specification,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is one of the principles of hermeneutics (kelal u-ferat) according to R. Ishmael, v. Shebu., Sonc. ed., p. 12, n. 9.');">³⁰</span> hence the 'service of gift' would be included, but a service of removal would be excluded? - The scriptural text reads:

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