Commentary for Yoma 3:4

מאי טעמא כיון דטבול יום כשר בפרה דתנן מטמאין היו הכהן השורף את הפרה ומטבילין אותו להוציא מלבן של צדוקין שהיו אומרים במעורבי השמש היתה נעשית

the priest who was to burn the heifer was removed from his house to the cell in the north-eastern corner before the Birah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Temple. V. I Chron. XXIX, 1. J. Pes. 35a; Zeb. 119a.');">⁶</span> It was called the cell of the stone chamber.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Mishnah Parah omits 'cell'.]');">⁷</span> And why was it called the cell of the stone chamber?

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