Commentary for Zevachim 182:3
אמר ליה אביי אימא סיפא אם ראית שמן שניתן על גבי אישים אי אתה צריך לשאול מהו אלא מותר רקיקי מנחת כהנים ומנחת כהן משיח שאין מתנדבין שמן מכלל דלמ"ד מתנדב כולן לאישים לאביי קשיא רישא לרבי זירא קשיא סיפא
FOR MEN CANNOT OFFER OIL [ALONE]: hence it follows that on the view that it can be offered, it can be shared out!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Simeon maintains that one need not ask what it is, i.e., whether it is a meal-offering in itself, because such cannot be donated. Hence he who holds that it can be donated maintains that it might happen that such itself is shared out; whence it follows that it is not altogether burnt on the altar.');"><sup>4</sup></span> - Said Abaye to him: Then consider the next clause: IF YOU SEE OIL POURED ON THE FIRES, YOU NEED NOT ASK WHAT IT IS, FOR IT IS THE RESIDUE OF THE WAFERS OF PRIESTS' MEAL-OFFERINGS OR OF THE ANOINTED PRIEST'S MEAL-OFFERING, FOR MEN CANNOT OFFER OIL [ALONE]: hence it follows that on the view that it can be offered, the whole of it is a fire offering. Thus the first clause presents a difficulty on Abaye's view, while the last clause presents a difficulty on R'Zera's view.
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