Commentary for Zevachim 175:1

חטאת העוף פסולה היכי מזה מדמה הוה ליה ירוד שאר פסולים היכי זריק להו מדמה

how may one sprinkle the blood of a disqualified sin-offering of a bird, as it has the status of having descended,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If one pinched the bird on the altar with an illegitimate intention, it is disqualified; as soon as he lifts it in order to sprinkle the blood, it is as though he had taken it down from the altar, and such may not be taken up again. Hence the blood could not be sprinkled.');">¹</span> [and] how could one sprinkle the blood of other disqualified [sacrifices]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to R. Gamaliel who maintains that if the blood of disqualified sacrifices ascended the altar, it must not descend. But sprinkling is done from a distance, so that the blood passes through the air-space of the altar.');">²</span> - He contacts [the blood] [with the wall of the altar].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not from the distance.');">³</span>

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