Commentary for Pesachim 170:12

החלונות ועובי החומה וכו': אמר רב גגין ועליות לא נתקדשו איני והאמר רב משום רבי חייא כזיתא פסחא והלילא פקע איגרא

For R'Samuel B'R'Isaac said: Why were the gates of Jerusalem not sanctified?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the space occupied by the thickness of the gates.');">¹⁴</span> Because lepers shelter under them in summer<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the sun'.');">¹⁵</span> from the sun and in winter<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the rain'.');">¹⁶</span> from the rain. R'Samuel son of R'Isaac also said: Why was the gate of Nicanor<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The east gate of the Temple Court.');">¹⁷</span> not sanctified? Because lepers stand there and insert the thumbs of their hands [into the Court].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Lev. XIV, 17 and Yeb. 7b.');">¹⁸</span> THE WINDOWS AND THE THICKNESS OF THE WALL etc. Rab said: The roofs and the upper chambers were not sanctified.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The roofs of the houses of Jerusalem are not sanctified, in the sense that sacrifices which are eaten anywhere in Jerusalem nay not be eaten on them. Similarly, the sacrifices which had to be eaten within the Temple precincts might not be eaten on its roof or in its upper chambers.');">¹⁹</span> But that is not so, for Rab said on the authority of R'Hiyya: There was [only] as much as an olive of the Passover-offering [to eat],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Very large companies registered for each sacrifice, so that each person could not receive more than that.');">²⁰</span> yet the Hallel<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 324, n. 2.');">²¹</span> split the roofs!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It was sung with such gusto.');">²²</span>

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