Commentary for Zevachim 119:13

אמר רבי אלעזר מזבח שנפגם אין אוכלין בגינו שירי מנחה שנאמר (ויקרא י, יב) ואכלוה מצות אצל המזבח וכי אצל המזבח אכלוה אלא בזמן שהוא שלם ולא בזמן שהוא חסר

[No:] perhaps [that cannot be done] because he holds that the precept must be performed in the most fitting way.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is to sprinkle the blood actually on the altar. Yet possibly, if he did intentionally pour it out on the ground, the rite would be valid.');">¹⁸</span> R'Eleazar said: If the altar was damaged, you cannot eat the remainder of the meal-offering on account of it, because it is said, And eat it without leaven beside the altar.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. X, 12.');">¹⁹</span>

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