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Ramban on Numbers 28:7/רמב"ן על במדבר כ״ח:ז׳
אוְנִסְכּוֹ יַיִן. בַּקֹּדֶשׁ הַסֵּךְ עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ יִתְנַסְּכוּ. נֶסֶךְ שֵׁכָר יַיִן הַמְשַׁכֵּר, פְּרָט לְיַיִן מִגִּתּוֹ, לְשׁוֹן רַשִׁ״י (רש״י על במדבר כ״ח:ז׳). וְאֵינוֹ נָכוֹן, שֶׁכְּבָר אָמְרוּ (ב״ב צז): יַיִן מִגִּתּוֹ לֹא יָבִיא, וְאִם הֵבִיא כָּשֵׁר. וְהִנֵּה אֵינוֹ מִתְמַעֵט מִן הַכָּתוּב אֶלָּא מַעֲלָה מִדְּרַבָּנָן לְכַתְּחִלָּה, אֲבָל שֵׁכָר – לְהוֹצִיא אֶת הַמָּזוּג שֶׁהוּא פָּסוּל אֲפִילוּ בְּדִיעֲבַד. וְכָךְ הוּא נִדְרָשׁ בְּסִפְרֵי (פנחס כג לג), וְשָׁם אָמְרוּ: ״בַּקֹּדֶשׁ הַסֵּךְ״ - שֶׁיִּתְנַסְּכוּ בַּקֹּדֶשׁ וּבַקֹּדֶשׁ יִבָּלְעוּ. הִזְכִּיר הַכָּתוּב בַּתָּמִיד וּבְרָאשֵׁי חֳדָשִׁים שִׁעוּר הַסֹּלֶת בַּמִּנְחָה וְשִׁעוּר הַיַּיִן בַּנְּסָכִים, אֲבָל בְּשַׁבָּת וּבְחַג הַמַּצּוֹת וּבְשָׁבוּעוֹת וּבְרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה וּבְיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים וּבָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת הִזְכִּיר שִׁעוּר הַמִּנְחָה וְלֹא הִזְכִּיר שִׁעוּר הַנְּסָכִים. וְהַטַּעַם בָּזֶה, כִּי אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁצִּוָּה בְּפָרָשַׁת הַנְּסָכִים (לעיל טו) בְּשִׁעוּרֵי הַמִּנְחָה וְהַנְּסָכִים לְפַר וּלְאַיִל וְלַכְּבָשִׂים בִּנְדָרִים וּנְדָבוֹת וּבַמּוֹעֲדִים (שם פסוק ג), מָצִינוּ מִנְחָה כְּפוּלָה לְכֶבֶשׂ הָעֹמֶר (ויקרא כג יג), וּבְיוֹם הָעֲצֶרֶת שְׁתַּיִם שְׁנֵי עֶשְׂרוֹנִים חָמֵץ (שם פסוק יז), וְכֵן בְּקָרְבַּן הַתּוֹדָה (שם ז יב יג), וְהֵם מִנְחָה. וְלָכֵן הֻצְרַךְ הַכָּתוּב לְפָרֵשׁ בְּכָל הַמּוֹעֲדוֹת שֶׁלֹּא תִּשְׁתַּנֶּה בָּהֶם הַמִּנְחָה כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁתַּנֵּית בְּאֵלּוּ. אֲבָל הַנְּסָכִים לֹא נִשְׁתַּנּוּ לְעוֹלָם, לְפִיכָךְ הִזְכִּיר אוֹתָם בַּתְּחִלָּה בַּתָּמִיד וְלֹא הִזְכִּירָם אַחֲרֵי כֵן בְּשַׁבָּת, וְחָזַר וְהִזְכִּירָם בְּרֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ לְהַזְכִּיר גַּם נִסְכֵּי הַפָּר וְהָאֵילִים, וְאַחַר כָּךְ לֹא הֻצְרַךְ לְהַזְכִּירָם כְּלָל. וְהִזְכִּיר בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל סֻכּוֹת שִׁעוּר הַמִּנְחָה (במדבר כ״ט:י״ד) וְלֹא הֻצְרַךְ עוֹד לְהַזְכִּיר בְּאוֹתוֹ הֶחָג אֶלָּא ״מִנְחָתָם וְנִסְכֵּיהֶם בְּמִסְפָּרָם כְּמִשְׁפָּטָם״, כְּלוֹמַר כְּמִשְׁפָּטָם בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן הַנִּזְכָּר:
1AND THE DRINK-OFFERING THEREOF — “of wine. IN THE HOLY PLACE THOU SHALT POUR — upon the altar they shall be poured out. A POURING FORTH OF STRONG DRINK — wine which has an intoxicating power. This excludes wine straight from the [wine-]press.” This is the language of Rashi. But it is not correct, for the Rabbis have already said:194 “Wine straight from the wine-press one may not bring [for the drink-offering, since it is non-intoxicating], but if one did bring [such wine], it is valid” [and there is no need to bring other wine]. Thus [we see that] wine straight from the wine-press is not excluded on the basis of a [Scriptural] verse [for in that case, he would have to bring other wine instead of it], but it is merely a prohibition of the Rabbis to be observed as a rule directly [but if not observed, it does not invalidate the drink-offering]. However, [the correct interpretation is]:195 143. “Strong drink, to exclude wine which is diluted [with water],” which is invalid even if already brought [so that one must bring other wine which is undiluted]. And this is how it is interpreted in the Sifre.195 143. And there they [furthermore] said: “In the holy place thou shalt pour — it was to be poured in the holy place, and in the holy place it was absorbed.”196Now Scripture mentions in the [case of the] Daily Whole-offering and [the Additional Offerings of] your New Moons the amount of fine flour in the meal-offering [which accompanied them],197 and the amount of wine in the drink-offerings [which accompanied them],198 but in the [case of the Additional Offerings of the] Sabbath, the Festival[s] of Unleavened Bread, Weeks, the New Year, the Day of Atonement, and the first day of the Festival of Tabernacles, He mentioned the amount of the meal-offering, but did not specify the amount of the drink-offerings. The reason for this is that although in the section [dealing with] the drink-offerings199 He commanded how much the meal-offerings and the drink-offerings should be for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs,200 in vow-offerings, freewill offerings, and [the offerings of] the festivals,201 we find a double meal-offering for the lamb brought with the sheaf [of barley],202 and on the day of Atzereth203. — Ibid., Verse 17. [they brought] two tenth-parts of an ephah [baked] with leaven,203. — Ibid., Verse 17. and so also we find [unleavened cakes, wafers, and cakes of leavened bread] in a thanks-offering, which were a meal-offering.204, 7:12-13. Therefore Scripture had to specify [here] in the case of all the festivals that their meal-offering does not change, as it changed in these [above-mentioned cases]. But the drink-offerings never varied; therefore He mentioned them at first in [the case of the] Daily Whole-offering, and did not refer to them afterwards in the case of [the Additional Offering of] the Sabbath. He did refer to them again [when speaking] of the New Moon,205 in order to mention also the drink-offerings of the bullocks and the rams, but afterwards He did not have to mention them at all. [Likewise] He mentioned on the first day of Tabernacles the amount of the meal-offering,206, 29:14. and it was [therefore] no longer necessary to mention it in connection with the other days of the festival, except [to state], and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings … according to their number, after their ordinance,200 meaning to say: “after their ordinance on the first day [of the festival] as mentioned [previously].”