Quoting%20commentary for Menachot 89:22

אלא שאם היו להם פרים מרובין ולא היו נסכים יביאו פר אחד ונסכיו ואל יקרבו כולן בלא נסכים ואם היו להם

they are also permitted to eat nebelah and trefah; we are therefore told [that i is not so]. And so thou shalt do on the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple; so shall ye make atonement for the house.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. XLV, 20. asjc vgcac vgca asj');">²²</span> 'Seven',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The expression , 'on the seventh day of the month' is interpreted separately, meaning seven, and the new moon.');">²³</span> says R'Johanan, refers to a sin committed by seven tribes, even though they do not constitute the majority of the community.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The reference is to the special sin-offering of a bullock brought on behalf of the community when the whole community or the greater part thereof or even the majority of the tribes had committed a sin by acting upon the erroneous ruling of the Beth din; v. Lev. IV, 13.');">²⁴</span> 'New [moon]', that is, they decided a new law saying, [e.g. ,] that fat is permitted.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whereas the fat is forbidden by the Torah on penalty of kareth; v. Lev. VII, 25.');">²⁵</span> 'For every one that erreth and for him that is simple' this teaches that they<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the community.');">²⁶</span> are liable<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To bring the special sin-offering of a bullock.');">²⁷</span> only if the ruling [of the Beth din was made] in ignorance and the transgression [of the community] was committed in error.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the people acted in accordance with the new ruling of the Beth din and actually ate forbidden fat.');">²⁸</span> Rab Judah said in the name of Rab, That man is to be remembered for good, and Hanina B'Hezekiah is his name; for were it not for him the Book of Ezekiel would have been suppressed, since its sayings contradicted the words of the Torah. What did he do? He took up with him three hundred barrels of oil<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To serve him for lighting.');">²⁹</span> and remained there in the upper chamber until he had explained away everything. R'SIMEON SAID, IF THEY HAD [MEANS ENOUGH FOR] THE MANY BULLOCKS etc. Our Rabbis taught: It is written, And he shall prepare a meal-offering, an ephah for the bullock, and an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs according as his means suffice, and a bin of oil to an ephah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. XLVI, 7.');">³⁰</span> R'Simeon asked, Is the quantity [of flour for a meal-offering] the same for bullocks as for rams?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of course not, for the quantity of flour for the meal-offering which accompanied the offering of a bullock was three tenths of an ephah whereas that which accompanied a ram was two tenths. V. Num. XV, 6, 9.');">³¹</span> But it signifies that if they had [means enough for] the many bullocks but had not [means enough for] the drink-offerings, they should bring one bullock and its drink-offerings and should not offer them all without drink-offerings. And if they had [means enough for]

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