English: Might one who says “I am obligated to an olah” bring wood and fire from his own house? The verse says “on the wood that is on the fire that is on the altar” — just as the altar is of the community, so wood and fire are of the community.
In the sugya: Wood and fire are compared to the altar itself. The altar is public; therefore the fuel chain tied to it in the verse is also public. A private household stock does not substitute.
Type of Learning
Comparison of wood and fire to the public altar — communal supply only.
What Is Learned
Wood and fire for the arrangement come from communal supply, not from a private household stock. Just as the altar is of the tzibbur, so are the wood and fire named with it in the verse.