Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 126:3

מה חטאת טעונה צפון אף מנחה טעונה צפון ומה מנחה בקרן מערבית דרומית אף חטאת בקרן מערבית דרומית

and a meal-offering is designated a sin-offering: as a sin-offering requires the north, so does a meal-offering require the north;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi maintains that the text is faulty, because a bird sin-offering did not require the north, nor did a sinner's meal-offering. He conjectures as an emendation: as a (bird) sin-offering is invalid if offered under a different designation, so is a (sinner's) meal-offering invalid in similar circumstances. R. Hayyim in Tosaf. emends: as the blood of a bird sin-offering must be poured out at the base, so must a sinner's meal-offering be presented at the base.');">⁵</span> and as a meal-offering [is presented] at the south-west horn, so is a [bird] sin-offering [offered] at the south-west horn.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., its blood is sprinkled there.');">⁶</span>

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