Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 184:21

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For without this exposition I should have argued as follows: if the peace-offering which is not holy from the womb requires the laying on of hands, the firstling which is holy from the womb surely requires the laying on of hands! The text therefore stated, 'His offering', but not the firstling.' His offering', but not the tithe. For without this exposition I should have argued as follows: if the peace-offering which does not sanctify what comes before it or what comes after it requires the laying on of hands, the tithe which sanctifies what comes before it and what comes after it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For if in the course of counting the animals for the purpose of the tithe the ninth was by error called the tenth, the tenth the ninth, and the eleventh the tenth, all three become holy. V. supra p. 558, n. 4 and Bek. 60a.');">²⁸</span> surely requires the laying on of hands! The text therefore stated, 'His offering', but not the tithe.' His offering', but not th Passover-offering. For without this exposition I should have argued as follows: if the peace-offering which one is not bound to bring<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'which is not (subject to the command of) arise and bring it'.');">²⁹</span> requires the laying on of hands, the Passover-offering which one is bound to bring surely requires the laying on of hands! The text therefore stated, 'His offering', but not the Passover-offering. But surely all these arguments can be refuted: It is so with the peace-offering since it requires drink-offerings and also the waving of the breast and the thigh!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore it also requires the laying on of hands, but neither the firstling nor the tithe nor the Passover-offering require drink-offerings or the waving of the breast and thigh. Accordingly no verses are required to exclude these offerings as there are no valid reasons for including them.');">³⁰</span> - Indeed the verses are merely a support. But

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