Musar for Yoma 141:5
אמר אביי אמר קרא ויצא ועשה את עולתו מיציאה ראשונה עביד אילו ואיל העם
Now it was necessary [to add] 'which he put on', for can a man put off except what he had put on before? What then is the purpose of stating 'which he put on'?
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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