Musar for Yoma 141:13
והמשלח דמעיקרא משמע רבא אמר אמר קרא (ויקרא טז, י) יעמד חי עד מתי יהא זקוק לעמוד חי עד שעת כפרה ואימתי שעת כפרה בשעת מתן דמים ותו לא
so does the letting go take place now!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One could also argue just to the contrary, for the analogy could be made in either way: just as the burning takes place after the sacrificial pieces of the sin-offering have been smoked, thus is the reference to him that letteth go, for now. The statement in v. 21 'And he shall send it away' then means, now that the time for this has arrived.');"><sup>17</sup></span> - 'And he that letteth go' implies [to that which was referred to] before.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As explained in n. 3.');"><sup>18</sup></span>
Mesilat Yesharim
The elevation was to such an extent that its kind, all over the world, was blessed, as our sages stated in a Midrash. So too, the food and drink which the holy man eats elevates that food or drink as if it had actually been offered on the altar. This is similar to what our sages, of blessed memory, said: "one who brings a gift to a Torah scholar is as if he had offered first-fruits (Bikurim)" (Ketuvot 105b), and "[if a man wishes to offer a wine libation upon the altar], let him fill the throat of the Torah scholars with wine" (Yomah 71a).
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