Quoting%20commentary for Menachot 39:21

אמר מר מעל מנחתך ולא מעל דמך ואימא מעל מנחתך ולא מעל איבריך

- The drink-offerings go rather with the burning of the sacrificial parts, for eating and drinking' [go together].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is more logical to say that the drink-offerings go with the sacrificial parts, for in this way the 'meal' is complete, consisting of 'eating' (the burning of the sacrificial parts) and 'drinking' (the libation of the drink-offerings) , rather than with the sprinkling of the blood.');">²²</span> On the contrary atonement and joy [go well together]!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The drink-offerings, it is now argued, are closely associated with the sprinkling of the blood, for the joy at atonement which is brought about by the sprinkling is now expressed in the libations of wine.');">²³</span>

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