Jewish%20thought for Menachot 51:12

ואיצטריך למכתב חלב ואיצטריך למיכתב לריח ניחוח דאי כתב חלב הוה אמינא חלב אין יותרת ושתי כליות לא כתב רחמנא ריח ניחוח ואי כתב רחמנא לריח ניחוח הוה אמינא אפילו מנחה כתב רחמנא חלב:

hence [the blood is sprinkled on account of] the fat even if there is no flesh,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the verse reads: And the priest shall sprinkle the blood . . and burn the fat for a sweet savour, which clearly shows that the sprinkling is performed on account of the fat.');">¹¹</span> We thus know it of the fat, but whence do we know it of the caul of the liver and of the two kidneys?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the blood may be sprinkled even though only these parts of the offering remained.');">¹²</span>

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