Commentary for Yoma 43:7

אימא שכבר קידש מתחילה לעבודה

But when they saw that [many] were coming and incurred danger,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By racing together, they might push one another down.');">⁹</span> they arranged the count. But the burning on the altar of the limbs and fat-pieces is also a night service, and yet our Rabbis arranged a count for it? - It is rather the end of the service of the day.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And so considered important by the priests.');">¹⁰</span>

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