Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 182:24

אמר רב פפא בדיק לן רבא

Wherefore did the text state, 'For each bullock'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For its prescribed drink-offerings have already been stated previously in this passage.');">³²</span> - It is because we find that Holy Writ distinguished between the drink-offerings of a ram and the drink-offerings of a lamb; and I might have thought that there should also be a distinction between the drink-offerings of a bullock and the drink-offerings of a calf; the text therefore stated, For each bullock.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Signifying that whatever its age there is but one quantity of drink-offerings for an offering of the herd.');">³³</span> Wherefore did the text state, 'Or for each ram'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For its prescribed drink-offerings have already been stated previously in this passage.');">³²</span> - It is because we find that Holy Writ distinguished between the drink-offerings of a sheep in its first year and those of one in its second year; and I might have thought that there should likewise be a distinction between the drink-offerings of a sheep in its second year and those of one in its third year; Scripture therefore stated, 'Or for each ram'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., whatever goes by the name 'ram' requires the drink-offerings as prescribed in this passage for a ram.');">³⁴</span> Wherefore did the text state, 'Or for each of the lambs'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 559. n. 8.');">³⁵</span> - It is because we find that Holy Writ distinguished between the drink-offerings of a lamb and the drink-offerings of a ram; and I might have thought that there should likewise be a distinction between the drink-offerings of a ewe in its first year and those of a ewe in its secon year; the text therefore stated, 'Or for each of the lambs'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., there is but one quantity of drink-offerings for any animal among the lambs.');">³⁶</span> Wherefore did the text state, 'Or of the kids'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since we find kids included under the term 'lambs'.');">³⁷</span> - It is because we find that Holy Writ distinguished between the drink-offerings of a lamb and the drink-offerings of a ram; and I might have thought that there should likewise be a distinction between the drink-offerings of a kid and those of an older goat; the text therefore stated, 'Or of the kids'. R'Papa said, Raba once tested us [with the following question]:

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