Commentary for Zevachim 51:21

בעא מיניה רבי ירמיה מרבי זירא הוא בפנים וציציתו בחוץ מהו אמר ליה לאו אמרת והביאום לה' עד שתבא כולה לפנים הכא נמי (שמות כח, מג) בבואם אל אהל מועד עד שיבא כולו לאהל מועד:

they are all invalid, except where he suspended himself and slaughtered.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because 'on the side' is written of the animal, but not of the slaughterer. Again, the blood must be received in the north, and he holds that the air-space of the north is not the north itself. Hence if he suspended himself and received the blood it is invalid.');">²²</span> In the case of sacrifices of lower sanctity, they are all valid, except where he suspended himself and received [the blood].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Here neither 'north' nor 'on the side' is mentioned. Therefore only the exception is invalid, because that is not the way of service.');">²³</span>

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