Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 115:2

מיבעי ליה לכדתניא יכול יהא יחיד מתנדב ומביא כיוצא בה נדבה וקורא אני בה (דברים כג, כד) מוצא שפתיך תשמור ועשית

One might further think that an individual may not offer them since he does not offer the like as an obligation, but the community may offer them [as a freewill-offering] since it must offer the like as an obligation, the text therefore states 'them'; only these are to be offered, namely, the Two Loaves which are with leaven and the offering of firstfruits which includes honey. But was it then not permissible to offer the Two Loaves as a freewill-offering?

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