Commentary for Zevachim 47:14

א"ל רבה א"ה אפילו נתינה נמי ועוד וכי לית ליה לר"ש ג"ש והתניא ר"ש אומר כל מקום שנאמר יד אינה אלא ימין אצבע אינה אלא ימין

Our Rabbis taught: [And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. IV, 25.');">¹³</span> 'with his finger he shall take': this teaches that receiving must be done with the right hand; 'with his finger he shall put': this teaches that applying [the blood on the altar] must be done with the right hand.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Finger' stands between 'take' and 'put' in the text, and so the Rabbis apply it to both; and it is stated below that 'finger' always means that of the right hand.');">¹⁴</span>

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