Commentary for Eruvin 207:9

ואי דלא קא מבטליה קא הויא חציצה

if its owner has renounced it, would not the scattering constitute an addition to the structure?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of course it would (cf. prev. n.) ; and this is forbidden even on a weekday since nothing may be added to the Temple structures. Cur. edd. insert in parenthesis, 'All this (do 1 give thee) in writing, as the Lord hath made me wise by his hand upon me' (I Chron. XXVIII, 19) from which words it is inferred (cf. Rashi a.l.) that all parts of the Temple, internal as well as external structures, were minutely described by God and nothing was to he added to them. MS.M. omits the Scriptural quotation.');">²⁵</span> And if he did not renounce it, would it not constitute an unlawful interposition?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Between the surface of the ascent and the priests' feet (cf. Zeb. 15b) .');">²⁶</span> - This is a case where the salt<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which in fact was not renounced, since it could be collected and used for the salting of the skins of the sacrifices.');">²⁷</span> was scattered when the limbs of sacrifices were carried up the ascent, an act which is not regarded as part of the Temple service.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And an interposition does not matter.');">²⁸</span>

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