Commentary for Zevachim 107:4

מאי לא הוה לה יסוד רב אמר בבנין לוי אמר בדמים רב מתרגם באחסנתיה יתבני מדבחא לוי מתרגם באחסנתיה יתבני מקדשא מקום מקודש לדמים

- Said R'Nahman B'Isaac: Perhaps they thus stipulated that the air-space should count as Benjamin's and the soil as Judah's.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Possibly there was a little ledge on that side, more than three hand-breadths from the ground, where it would not count as belonging to Judah, and on this ledge the blood fell and was thus sacred. Nevertheless, this ledge could not count as a base, where blood actually had to be poured out on the base.');">⁶</span> What does 'it had no base' mean? - Rab said: In the construction.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The base, which was a separate structure, did not reach under the south-eastern horn.');">⁷</span>

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