Quoting%20commentary for Zevachim 129:12

אי מה להלן מולק ואינו מבדיל אף כאן מולק ואינו מבדיל ת"ל ומלק והקטיר מה הקטרה הראש לעצמו והגוף לעצמו אף מליקה הראש לעצמו והגוף לעצמו

To teach that the pinching must be done by the very priest himself.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not with a knife.');">¹⁰</span> You might think that he can pinch it off either above [the red line] or below [it]; therefore it states, 'and pinch off [its head], and make it smoke [on the altar]:' haktarah [making it smoke] is [done] on the top of the altar, so is pinching [done] on the top of the altar.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The 'top' here means the upper half, above the red line.');">¹¹</span>

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