Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 49:8

רב אשי אמר עון הקדשים ולא עון המקדישין

R'Ela'a demurred, perhaps it is the iniquity of [a service being performed with] the left hand [that is atoned for by the plate], since an exception to the general rule has been made on the Day of Atonement?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When the High Priest performed service with his left hand too; v. Yoma 47a.');">¹³</span> - Abaye answered him, The verse states 'iniquity', that is, the iniquity that was incurred is set aside;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'I have set it aside'. Now the uncleanness of an offering is admittedly a defect, but since it is of no consequence in the case of the community, such defect in the offering of an individual will be atoned for by the plate.');">¹⁴</span>

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