Commentary for Shabbat 232:8

מאי בינייהו איכא בינייהו דמנח אפתורא דדהבא אי נמי יומא דאסתנא ורבי ישמעאל בנו של רבי יוחנן בן ברוקה האי פעל ה' למענהו מאי עביד ליה שלא יוציא את האימורין קודם הפשטת העור מ"ט אמר רב הונא בריה דרב נתן משום נימין

But what is there here 'for his own purpose?' R. Joseph said: So that it should not putrefy.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One may still fear putrefaction, but it is certainly not lying like a nebelah. Hence according to R. Joseph it must be completely stripped even so, but not according to Raba. ');">²²</span> Raba said: So that Divine sacrifices should not lie like a <i>nebelah</i>. Wherein do they differ? — They differ where it is lying on a gold table,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is not in keeping with the honour due to God that the meat of the sacrifices offered to Him should turn putrid. ');">²³</span> or if it is a day of the north wind.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which keeps the meat fresh. ');">²⁴</span>

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