Commentary for Menachot 9:9

חֹמֶר בַּסְּמִיכָה מִבַּתְּנוּפָה וּבַתְּנוּפָה מִבַּסְּמִיכָה, שֶׁאֶחָד מֵנִיף לְכָל הַחֲבֵרִים וְאֵין אֶחָד סוֹמֵךְ לְכָל הַחֲבֵרִים. וְחֹמֶר בַּתְּנוּפָה, שֶׁהַתְּנוּפָה נוֹהֶגֶת בְּקָרְבְּנוֹת הַיָּחִיד וּבְקָרְבְּנוֹת הַצִּבּוּר, בַּחַיִּים וּבַשְּׁחוּטִין, בְּדָבָר שֶׁיֶּשׁ בּוֹ רוּחַ חַיִּים וּבְדָבָר שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ רוּחַ חַיִּים, מַה שֶּׁאֵין כֵּן בַּסְּמִיכָה:

There is a stringency regarding laying on of hands is that is greater than regarding waving [parts of an offering] and [a stringency] regarding waving that is greater than regarding laying on of hands. For an individual may wave on behalf of all the others, but an individual may not lay on hands on behalf of all the others. And there is a stringency regarding waving, for waving takes place for offerings of the individual and for offerings of the community, for living animals and for slaughtered animals, and for things that have a living soul and for things that do not have a living soul [i.e., grain offerings]; but it is not so with laying on of the hands.

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