Musar for Yoma 141:8
וכל הפרשה כולה נאמרה על הסדר והא קראי כתיבי (ויקרא טז, כה) ואת חלב החטאת יקטיר המזבחה והדר ואת פר החטאת ואת שעיר החטאת ואילו אנן תנן הרואה את כהן גדול כשהוא קורא אינו רואה פר ושעיר הנשרפין ואילו אמורי חטאת בתר הכי מקטיר להו
Surely the verses say: And the fat of the sin-offering shall he make smoke on the altar,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XVI, 25.');"><sup>8</sup></span> and then: And the bullock of the sin-offering and the goat of the sin-offering,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. v. 27.');"><sup>9</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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