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Ramban on Leviticus 7:30/רמב"ן על ויקרא ז׳:ל׳
אאֶת הַחֵלֶב עַל הֶחָזֶה הַנִּרְאֶה מִן הַכָּתוּב הַזֶּה עַל דֶּרֶךְ פְּשָׁט שֶׁהֶחָזֶה הוּא מוּנָף עִם הַחֲלָבִים וְלֹא הַשּׁוֹק, וְהַכָּתוּב שֶׁאָמַר (ויקרא ט':כ"א) "וְאֵת הֶחָזוֹת וְאֵת שׁוֹק הַיָּמִין הֵנִיף אַהֲרֹן תְּנוּפָה" כִּי אַחֲרֵי כֵן יַחְזֹר וִינִיפֵם בִּפְנֵי עַצְמָם. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ (מנחות סב) שֶׁהָיָה נוֹתֵן הַחֲלָבִים עַל יַד הַבְּעָלִים וְחָזֶה וָשׁוֹק לְמַעְלָה מֵהֶן. וּלְדַעְתָּם הִזְכִּיר תְּנוּפָה בֶּחָזֶה לְבַדּוֹ לִדְרֹשׁ מַה שֶׁאָמְרוּ (תורת כהנים פרק טז ב), נִטְמְאוּ וְנִשְׁתַּיֵּר אֶחָד מֵהֶם מִנַּיִן שֶׁהוּא טָעוּן תְּנוּפָה, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר "חָזֶה לְהָנִיף אוֹתוֹ":
1THE FAT UPON THE BREAST. It appears from this verse according to its plain meaning that the breast was waved with the fat, but not the thigh. Thus the verse which states, And the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave-offering,147 means that afterwards [after he had waved the fats with the breasts], he waved them [i.e., the breasts and the thigh] by themselves. But our Rabbis have said148 that the priest placed the fats upon the hand of the owner of the offering, with the breast and thigh above them, [and waved them]. According to their opinion, the reason why waving is mentioned only in connection with the breast, is in order to serve the basis for the interpretation which they have said: “If [the parts which are to be waved] became unclean, but one of them was left [which remained clean], whence do we know that it needs waving? Scripture therefore says, that the breast may be waved.”149