Commentary for Yoma 54:1

הוי אומר זה טלה

Say it is the lamb.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The passage 'Upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar' is superfluous, for v. 7 contains that information already, hence the inference is right that the six priests are suggested here.');">¹</span> R'Assi said in the name of R'Johanan: A non-priest who laid the pile of wood in order [on the altar] incurs the penalty [of death].

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