Commentary for Meilah 22:13

and there it is written, And he shall place it by the side of the altar,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the removed ashes are still holy and therefore subject to the Law of Sacrilege is learnt from the fact that we are commanded to place it 'by the side of the altar'. In the text commanding this, Lev. VI, 3, the word 'it' is regarded as unnecessary and is taken to indicate that only the ashes are sacred even after the prescribed ceremony had been performed therewith, and not other things.');">⁹</span>

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