Menachot 20

והרי זריקה דלא כתב ביה אלא כהונה ותנן זרק בשמאל פסול ולא פליג ר' שמעון אמר אביי פליג בברייתא דתניא קבל בשמאל פסול ור"ש מכשיר זרק בשמאל פסול ורבי שמעון מכשיר

Consider the case of the sprinkling [of the blood], with regard to which only the term 'priest' is used, yet we have learnt: If [the priest] sprinkled the blood with his left hand it is invalid; and R'Simeon does not differ! - Abaye answered, He does indeed differ in the Baraitha, for it was taught: If he received the blood in his left hand it is invalid, but R'Simeon declares it valid. If he sprinkled the blood with his left hand it invalid, but R'Simeon declares it valid.

ואלא הא דאמר רבא יד יד לקמיצה למה לי מכהונה נפקא

But then Raba's statement that the term 'hand' [is required for the purposes of analogy] with 'hand' in respect of the taking out of the handful,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Namely that it shall be performed with the right hand; v. supra p. 56.');">¹</span> is quite unnecessary, for it would have been inferred from the expression 'priest'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The term 'priest' is used in connection with the taking 'of the handful, and this alone, according to the view of the Rabbis as stated by Raba, indicates that the service must be performed with the right hand.');">²</span>

חד לקומץ וחד לקידוש קומץ

- One [teaching] is required for the taking out of the handful and the other for the hallowing of the handful.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Raba's analogy is required to teach that the hallowing of the handful, i.e., putting it into a vessel of ministry, must also be performed with the right hand.');">³</span> But according to R'Simeon who holds [according to one view] that the hallowing of the handful is not essential,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But that the handful taken out by the Priest may be carried directly to the altar and burnt thereon. V. infra 26a.');">⁴</span>

לרבי שמעון דלא בעי קידוש קומץ ולמאן דאמר נמי דבעי קידוש קומץ לר' שמעון ובשמאל אכשורי מכשר יד יד דרבא למה לי

and even according to the other view that the hallowing of the handful is indeed essential but that it is valid if performed with the left hand, is not Raba's analogy by means of the common word 'hand' necessary? It cannot serve to indicate that the actual taking out of the handful [shall be performed with the right hand],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since R. Simeon does not accept the view that the term 'priest' by itself signifies the use of the right hand. V. supra p. 58.');">⁵</span>

אי לקמיצה גופה אליבא דר' שמעון מדר' יהודה בריה דר' חייא נפקא דאמר ר' יהודה בריה דר' חייא מאי טעמא דר"ש דאמר קרא (ויקרא ו, י) קדש קדשים היא כחטאת וכאשם

as this is already established by the teaching of R'Judah the son of R'Hiyya. For R'Judah the son of R'Hiyya said, What is the reason for R'Simeon's view?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the offering is valid even though the handful was not hallowed in a vessel of ministry.');">⁶</span>

בא לעובדה ביד עובדה בימין כחטאת בא לעובדה בכלי עובדה בשמאל כאשם

Because the verse says, It is most holy as the sin-offering and as the guilt-offering;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. VI, 10, with reference to the meal-offering.');">⁷</span> that is to say, if [the priest] comes to perform the service with his hand<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., he does not put the handful into a vessel of ministry, but places it on the altar directly from his hand.');">⁸</span>

לא נצרכא אלא לקומץ דמנחת חוטא סלקא דעתך אמינא הואיל ואמר רבי שמעון שלא יהא קרבנו מהודר כי קמיץ לה נמי בשמאל תתכשר קמשמע לן:

he must do so with his right hand as the sin-offering,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The sprinkling of the sin-offering - which corresponds to the burning of the handful of the meal-offering - must be performed with the right hand, since in connection therewith both the expressions 'priest' and 'finger' are employed.');">⁹</span> and if he comes to perform it in a vessel he must do so with his left hand as the guilt-offering!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the guilt-offering of the leper with regard to which the left hand is expressly required. It is evident, however, from this teaching of R. Judah that any service that is performed with the hand, as the taking of the handful from the meal-offering, must be performed with the right hand; hence Raba's analogy is unnecessary.');">¹⁰</span>

קמץ ועלה בידו צרור או גרגר מלח

- It is only necessary with regard to the handful of the sinner's meal-offering; for I might have said that, since R'Simeon has expressed the view that his [the sinner's] offering shall not be sumptuous,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore it must be offered without oil and frankincense; v. supra 6b.');">¹¹</span> then even if the handful were taken out with the left hand it should be valid, we are therefore taught [by Raba's analogy that it must nevertheless be performed with the right hand]. IF ON TAKING THE HANDFUL THERE CAME INTO HIS HAND A SMALL STONE OR A GRAIN OF SALT