Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 186:15

אזל רבי אלעזר אמרה להא שמעתא בבי מדרשא ולא אמרה משמיה דריש לקיש שמע ריש לקיש ואיקפד אמר ליה אי סלקא דעתך כל היכא דכתיב ידו תרתי נינהו למה לי למכתב ידיו ידיו

The question was asked: What if the hands were laid upon the sides [of the head]? - Come and hear, for it was taught: Abba Bira'ah taught in the School of R'Eleazar B'Jacob: The expression 'his hand upon the head' excludes the hand upon the sides of the head. R'Jeremiah enquired, Would a cloth<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if a man wrapped a cloth round his hands and thus laid them on the head of the animal; or a cloth was covering the head of the animal and he laid his hands thereon.');">²²</span> be regarded as an interposition or not?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Is it regarded as a proper laying on of hands or not?');">²³</span>

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