Commentary for Zevachim 52:11

הא קמ"ל דמקבלה ואילך לא פסלה מחשבה מ"ט כדרבא

Surely Raba said: An [illegitimate] intention is without effect save [when purposed] by one who is fit for the service and in connection with that which is fit for the service,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., a meal-offering of wheat. This excludes the meal-offering of barley brought in connection with the 'omer (q.v. Glos.) , since barley was unfit for other meal-offerings.');">¹⁵</span> and in a place fit for the service!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This excludes the case where the altar itself was mutilated.');">¹⁶</span>

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