Commentary for Yoma 52:12

ההיא דלא כר"א בן יעקב אלא כרבי יהודה

fifteen, or sixteen. But has it not been taught: [At times] seventeen?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [On Sabbath of Sukkoth, cf. Rashi and MS. M. Tosaf. however refers this to ordinary days omitting the words 'at times'. The number 17 can only be arrived at by adding to the 13 priests an additional four: (1) for removal of ashes; (2) for bringing up the limbs from the ramp to the altar;');">²²</span> - That teaching is in accord not with R'Eliezer B'Jacob, but with R'Judah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who as stated supra ');">²³</span>

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