Commentary for Pesachim 118:2
אמר ליה רב שמן בר אבא לרב פפא לדידך דאמרת מעלה ומלינה בראשו של מזבח קיימין ועבדינן מילתא לכהנים דאתו בה לידי תקלה דסברי דיומיה הוא ואתו לאקטורי אמר ליה כהנים זריזין הן
R'Shaman B'Abba said to R'Papa: According to you who maintain [that] he takes it up and keeps it overnight on the top of the altar, shall we arise and do a thing to the priests whereby they may come to a stumbling-block, for they will think it is of that day. and thus come to burn it?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' During the night the limbs of the sacrifices of the previous day are burnt, all before the tamid of the following morning. Here, however, the animal sin-offering which was kept untouched overnight must be burnt after the morning tamid, whereas the priest may confuse it with the rest and burn it before.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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