Quoting%20commentary for Menachot 51:2
<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> נטמאו שיריה נשרפו שיריה אבדו שיריה כמדת ר' אליעזר כשירה וכמדת רבי יהושע פסולה:
<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>IF THE REMAINDER OF THE MEAL-OFFERING BECAME UNCLEAN OR WAS BURNT OR LOST, ACCORDING TO THE RULE OF R'ELIEZER<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who holds (Pes. 77a) that the blood of a sacrifice may be sprinkled even though the flesh is not available (either because it became unclean or was burnt or lost) ; likewise the handful of the meal-offering may be burnt upon the altar even though the remainder is not available.');"><sup>2</sup></span> IT IS LAWFUL [TO BURN THE HANDFUL], BUT ACCORDING TO THE RULE OF R'JOSHUA<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who holds that where the flesh was not available it is not lawful to sprinkle the blood; similarly here, where the remainder is not available it is not lawful to burn the handful.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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