Commentary for Pesachim 128:18

דתניא ר' יוסי הגלילי אומר (במדבר יח, יז) את דמם תזרוק על המזבח ואת חלבם תקטיר דמו לא נאמר אלא דמם חלבו לא נאמר אלא חלבם למד על בכור ומעשר ופסח שהן טעונין מתן דמים ואימורין לגבי מזבח

AND THE BASINS DID NOT HAVE [FLAT] BOTTOMS etc. Our Rabbis taught: None of the basins in the Temple had [flat] bottoms, except the basins of the frankincense for the shewbread, lest they put them down and they break up the bread.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' These vessels were kept near the shewbread, and if they were not provided with a base to stand on they might fall against the rows of shewbread and break up their formation.');">¹⁸</span> AN ISRAELITE KILLED AND THE PRIEST CAUGHT [THE BLOOD] etc. Is then an Israelite indispensable?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'is it not enough that it should not be an Israelite?' - Surely a priest too could kill it!');">¹⁹</span>

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