Quoting%20commentary for Menachot 37:11

(סימן נת"ץ יקמ"ל)

For if the sprinkling which is the chief service of atonement is not performed by the owner, a fortiori the slaughtering which is not the chief service of atonement! And should you retort, But surely the possible is not to be inferred from the impossible!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whereas the sprinkling is 'impossible', i.e., may not be performed by the owner, since that would be in direct conflict with the Scriptural precept, the slaughtering on the other hand is 'possible', i.e., may be, and therefore should be, performed by the owner.');">¹¹</span> then [I say], the fact that th Divine Law enjoined with regard to the service on the Day of Atonement, And he shall slaughter the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XVI, 11.');">¹²</span>

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