Quoting%20commentary for Menachot 123:18
תנו רבנן זבחי שלמי צבור טעונין תנופה לאחר שחיטה ותנופתן כמות שהן דברי רבי חכמים אומרים בחזה ושוק
R'Jose son of R'Abin said, This proves that even the dispensable rites of a precept<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the remainder of a precept', i.e., those rites which even if omitted do not affect the validity of the service. Among such are the rites of laying on the hands and waving.');"><sup>21</sup></span> [when performed] ward off punishment, for the rite of waving is dispensable in the precept and yet it keeps off violent winds and harmful dews.
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