Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 7:17

אשם נמי הא כתיב ביה הוא ההוא הוא לאחר הקטרת אימורין הוא דכתיב

And if the sacrifici parts thereof were not burnt at all, it is valid.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Pes. 59b, and Zeb. 5b. As the expression 'it is' refers only to the burning of the sacrificial parts it follows that the other services are valid even though performed under another name. Moreover to suggest that the burning of the sacrificial parts is invalid if performed under another name is out of the question, for the offering is valid without it.');">¹⁸</span> Then what is the purpose of the expression 'It is' [in the cas of the guilt-offering]? - It is required for the teaching of R'Huna in the name of Rab, viz. , If a guilt-offeri that was assigned to pasture<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This was the usual course whenever an animal having once been set aside for a guilt-offering was no longer required for that purpose. e.g., where the owner who was to bring this guilt-offering died, or where the animal was lost and another was used in its stead and was later found. This animal was assigned to the care of a shepherd and put out in the field to pasture until it became blemished, when it might be redeemed and the money used for freewill burnt-offerings (Rashi) .');">¹⁹</span>

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