Commentary for Megillah 19:7

And Rabbi Yehoshua said: I heard that we may bring offerings even though there is no Temple, and [priests] may eat the Holy of Holies even though there are no curtains. [Foods of] 'light' sanctity and the second tithe [may be eaten] even though there is no wall. Because the first sanctification [of Jerusalem] sanctified it for its hour, and sanctified it for future time. By implication, then Rabbi Eliezer avers that [the first sanctification] did not sanctify it for future time.

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