Quotation for Shevuot 14:4
הא אמרת בה מיעוטא הוא משום דמיעוטא הוא אייתר כתיב (ויקרא ה, ג) או כי יגע דבר נגיעה אין דלאו בר נגיעה לא וכתיב בה מיעוטא הוה מיעוט אחר מיעוט ואין מיעוט אחר מיעוט אלא לרבו':
- But you said that by which is intended to exclude [and not include]! For the very reason that it does exclude it is superfluous: it is written: Or if h touch [the uncleanness]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. V, 3.');"><sup>5</sup></span> - this implies that only that which defiles by touch is included [in the regulation of the sliding scale sacrifice], but that which does not defile by touch is not included.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence the carcass of a clean bird is automatically excluded.');"><sup>6</sup></span>
Sefer HaIkkarim
The substance of a thing is also called place, as the Rabbis say, “From its own place the matter is proved,” also, “Blessed be the glory of the Lord from His place.” The last expression means that the glory of the Lord which appeared to the prophets emanated from God’s own essence without a mediator, and not that the glory has a place.
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