Quoting%20commentary for Zevachim 171:8
מופני דאי לא מופני איכא למיפרך מה לאשם שכן בשרו מותר לו יהיה יתירא כתיב
they come nearer to being burnt.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' They are not removed. - This passage is thus apparently based on the MISHNAH: Tosaf. however points out that the Mishnah discusses whether they are to be placed on the altar at all, whereas this assumes that it was already there. Accordingly Tosaf. explains that it refers to the Baraitha just quoted, where the first Tanna maintains that the bones etc. are included even if they are severed.');"><sup>4</sup></span> Even if they were severed?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The meaning of this is doubtful, and Rashi assumes that there is a lacuna in the text. If the text is correct, the meaning would be: do you say that even if they were severed (upwards) they remain on the altar; surely the Mishnah teaches that only when attached do they ascend? Sh. M. quotes a variant reading: It was stated above: this includes the bones etc. even if they were severed. Said Rabbah: They learnt this only etc.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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