Commentary for Yoma 81:10

ת"ש מטמא מקדש עני והפריש מעות לקינו והעשיר ואח"כ אמר אלו לחטאתו ואלו לעולתו

of its purchase, nor of its being offered, and yet he states that it should designate? - Raba said: This is what he said: If in a case where the lot does not sanctify even at the time of the purchase and even at the time of the offering, the naming does sanctify it at the time of either purchase or offering, how much more shall the naming, at either the time of purchase or of offering, sanctify it in a case where the lot sanctifies outside th time of either purchase or offering? Therefore [Scripture] says: 'And make it a sin-offering', i.e., the lot mak it a sin-offering but the naming does not make it a sin-offering.

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