Commentary for Zevachim 120:9

ואיתקש בשרו לדמו מה דמו במזבח אף בשרו במזבח ואתי מעשר ויליף מבכור

then even a firstling too [is thus]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi: even a firstling should be brought to Jerusalem and eaten there, for on the view that its sanctity was for all time it was to be offered even after the Temple's destruction.');">¹³</span> While if he holds that it did not hallow it for the future, there should be a question even about a firstling too? - Said Rabina: In truth he holds that it did not hallow it [for all time], but here we discuss a firstling whose blood was sprinkled before the Temple was destroyed, then the Temple was destroyed, and we still have its flesh.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which no longer needs the altar; nevertheless it may not be eaten.');">¹⁴</span>

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