Jewish%20thought for Menachot 34:1

דלא שנא כי מחשב בלשון אכילה למזבח ול"ש כי מחשב בלשון הקטרה למזבח

that it makes no difference whether the wrongful intention for the altar was expressed by the use of the term 'eating'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if the priest whilst taking the handful expressed the intention that the handful shall be 'eaten' by the altar on the morrow, the offering is piggul');">¹</span> or by use of the term 'burning. Or [to teach you] that as for eating the quantity of an olive's bulk i essential,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In order to render the intention effective so as to make the offering piggul.');">²</span>

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