Commentary for Yoma 61:4

תיבעי לרבנן דפליגי עליה דרבי יהודה ע"כ לא קאמרי רבנן התם דלא קא עביד עבודה אבל הכא דקא עביד עבודה לא או דילמא לא שנא תיקו

or do they make no difference? - The question remains unanswered. FIVE IMMERSIONS AND TEN SANCTIFICATIONS: Our Rabbis taught: The high priest underwent five immersions and ten sanctifications on that day, all of them on holy ground, in the Parwah Cell, with the exception of the first, which took place on profane ground, on top of the Water Gate, lying at the side of his [private] cell.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra.');">⁸</span> Abaye said: We infer therefrom that the Etam well was [at least] twenty-three cubits above the ground of the Temple Court.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From the Etam well was the water supply for the pool on top of the Water Gate, v. Zeb. 55b.');">⁹</span>

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