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הרי לוג [הבא] בפני עצמו – דלכולי עלמא מתנותיו שרו ליה, ולא מפגלין ליה! דתניא: לוג שמן של מצורע – חייבין עליו משום פיגול, מפני שדם מתירו לבהונות. דברי רבי מאיר.
But there is the case of the log of oil that is brought by itself, i.e., where the metzora brings it after he has sacrificed his offerings. There everyone agrees that its placements render the remainder of the oil permitted to the priests, and yet they do not render the oil piggul, as it is taught in a baraita: With regard to the log of oil of a metzora, one is liable for consuming it due to violation of the prohibition of piggul, as the blood of the offering renders it permitted to be placed on the thumb and big toe of the metzora. This is the statement of R' Meir.
אמרו לו לרבי מאיר: והלא אדם מביא אשמו עכשיו, ולוג מיכן ועד עשרה ימים! אמר להן: אף אני לא אמרתי, אלא בבא עם האשם.
The Rabbis said to R' Meir: But a person may bring his guilt offering today and the accompanying log of oil from now until even 10 days later. R' Meir said to them: I too spoke only about a log of oil that comes with the guilt offering. This indicates that even according to the opinion of R' Meir, it is the blood of the offering that renders the oil piggul.
אלא אמר רבי ירמיה: לעולם רבי מאיר היא, וסמי מיכן נסכים. אמר אביי: לעולם לא תסמי; ותנא לוג הבא עם האשם – והוא הדין לנסכים הבאין עם הזבח, והדר תנא נסכים הבאין בפני עצמן – והוא הדין ללוג הבא לפני עצמו.
Rather, R' Yirmeya says: Actually, the aforementioned baraita is in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir, and omit the case of the meal offering brought with the libations that accompany animal offerings from the list of items that are not subject to the halakha of piggul. Abaye says: Actually, do not omit this item from the list, and the baraita can be explained in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir as follows: The tanna first taught the halakha with regard to the log of oil that comes with the metzora’s guilt offering, and the same is true of libations that come with an animal offering, as according to R' Meir piggul status applies to both of these. And then the tanna taught that piggul does not apply to libations that come by themselves, and the same is true of a log of oil that comes by itself.