Commentary for Yoma 52:16

אמר חזקיה מניין להפשט וניתוח ששוה בזר שנאמר (ויקרא א, ז) ונתנו בני אהרן הכהן אש על המזבח נתינת אש בעיא כהונה הפשט וניתוח לא בעיא כהונה

THE INWARDS, THE FINE FLOUR,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XV, 9.');">²⁷</span> AND THE WINE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 10.');">²⁸</span> BY THREE EACH. THIS APPLIES ONLY TO OFFERINGS OF THE COMMUNITY. IN PRIVATE OFFERINGS, HOWEVER, IF A SINGLE PRIEST<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the division ministering that week, whom the owner of the sacrifice entrusted with the task.');">²⁹</span> WANTS TO OFFER [ALL], HE MAY DO SO. BUT AS TO THE FLAYING AND DISMEMBERING OF BOTH COMMUNAL, AND PRIVATE OFFERINGS THE SAME REGULATIONS APPLY.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Non-priests, too, might either flay or dissect the sacrifices. Hence there were no counts for them. The sacrifices of the community, however, although even they could be slaughtered by non-priests, were welcome to, and sought after by priests, whence the necessity of a count in connection with them.');">³⁰</span> <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>A Tanna taught: The law regarding the flaying and the dismembering is alike in both [communal and private sacrifices] in that they may be done by a non-priest. Hezekiah said: Whence do we know that the law regarding flaying and dismembering is alike [with all sacrifices] in that they may be done by a non-priest? Because it is written: And the sons of Aaron the high priest shall put fire upon the altar,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. I, 7.');">³¹</span> i.e., priesthood is required for the putting of the fire upon the altar, but not for the flaying and dismembering.

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