Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 163:2

שהיה ר"ע אומר [וכו']: אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל משל למה הדבר דומה לתלמיד שמזג לרבו בחמין ואמר לו מזוג לי אמר לו במה אמר לו לא בחמין אנו עסוקין עכשיו בין בחמין בין בצונן

FOR R. AKIBA MAINTAINED etc. Rab Judah said in Samuel's name: For example, to what may R. Akiba's ruling be compared? To a disciple who was mixing [wine] for his master with hot water, when he [the master] said to him, Mix me [a drink]. With what? he enquired. Are we not occupied with hot water? he replied; now then [I mean] with either hot or cold. So here too: consider: we are discussing the sin-offering: for what purpose then does the Divine Law write 'sin-offering'? [To teach:] I do not mean a sin-offering [alone], but all sacrifices. To this R. Huna the son of R. Joshua demurred: Consider: all sacrifices are included in respect of scouring and rinsing; why then does the Divine Law write 'sin-offering'? Hence you may infer from this: only the sin-offering, but nothing else. This then can only be compared to a disciple who was mixing [a drink] for his master with either hot or cold water, when he said to him, Mix it for me with hot water only! - Rather, R. Akiba's reason is that 'and every sin-offering' is written where '[and] a sin-offering' [would suffice]. For it was taught: 'A sin-offering': I know [this] only [of] a sin-offering; how do we know [it of] most sacred sacrifices [in general]? Because it says, 'Every sin-offering'. How do we know [it

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