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Sforno on Leviticus 22:2/ספורנו על ויקרא כ״ב:ב׳

אוְיִנָּזְרוּ מִקָּדְשֵׁי בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. שֶׁלֹּא יַחְשְבוּ שֶׁלְּגֹדֶל מַעֲלָתָם יִהְיוּ קָדְשֵׁי הָעָם כְּחוּלִּין אֶצְלָם, כְּעִנְיַן מְנֻדֶּה לְתַלְמִיד אֵינוֹ מְנֻדֶּה לְרַב (מועד קטן טז.). וְלֹא יְחַלְּלוּ אֶת שֵׁם קׇדְשֵׁי אֲשֶׁר הֵם מַקְדִּישִׁים לִי. וְלֹא יְחַלְּלוּ אֶת שֵׁם אוֹתוֹ הַהֶקְדֵּשׁ שֶׁיִּשְׂרָאֵל מַקְדִּישִׁים לִי שֶׁקָּרְאוּ עָלָיו שֵׁם קֹדֶׁשׁ.
1וינזרו מקדשי בני ישראל, they should not think that the senior among them may treat the sacrifices donated by the people as if they were secular in nature as far as they were concerned. We are familiar with the principle alluded to here by the Torah from Moed Katan 16 מנודה לתלמיד אינו מנודה לרב, “if something is legally out of bounds to the student this does not automatically mean that it is equally out of bounds to the student’s teacher.” (although if the situation is reversed what is out of bounds to the teacher is most certainly also forbidden to the student. ולא יחללו את שם קדשי אשר הם מקדישים לי. They shall not desecrate the things the ordinary Jews have sanctified for Me, which now bear My holy name.