Commentary for Zevachim 173:13

א"ל לכתחילה ליקרב קמיבעי לי הא נמי תנינא

If they descended: Rabbah said: They re-ascend; Raba said: They do not re-ascend.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because linah disqualifies them, and so like all disqualified limbs they do not re-ascend once they descended.');">¹⁶</span> This proves that he did not accept [the ruling] from him. This proves it. JUST AS THE ALTAR SANCTIFIES etc. Our Rabbis taught: Whatsoever touches the altar [shall be holy]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXIX, 37.');">¹⁷</span> I know it only of the altar; how do I know [it of] the ascent? Because it says, the [eth] altar.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The reference is probably either to XXIX, 44: And I will sanctify the tent of meeting, and the altar; or to XXX, 26-28: And thou shalt anoint therewith . . the altar of burnt-offering. In either case the preceding eth (which denotes the acc.) is regarded as an extension, thus including the ascent.');">¹⁸</span> How do we know [it of] service vessels? Because it says: Whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XXX, 29. 'Them' refers (among other things) to service vessels, which are spoken of in the preceding verses.');">¹⁹</span> Resh Lakish asked R'Johanan: Do the service vessels sanctify the disqualified? - We have learnt it, he replied: JUST AS THE ALTAR AND THE ASCENT SANCTIFY WHATEVER IS ELIGIBLE FOR THEM, SO DO VESSELS SANCTIFY!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The reference being to disqualified sacrificial parts. V. Mishnah notes.');">²⁰</span> Said he, My question is whether they can be offered in the first place. But that too we have learnt:

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