Commentary for Zevachim 110:12

א"ר יהודה אמר שמואל אין חייבין משום טומאה אלא על

What about the space behind the place of the Mercy Seat [kapporeth]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A space of eleven cubits between it and the western wall of the court (v. Mid. V, I) ; was that fit too?');">¹⁶</span> - Come and hear, for Rami son of Rab Judah said in Rab's name: There was a small passage way behind the place of the Mercy Seat, in order to make the whole Temple court fit for the consumption of most holy sacrifices and the slaughtering of minor sacrifices, and there were two such,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Emended text.');">¹⁷</span> and thus it is written, And two le-par bar.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.V. 'at the precinct'. I. Chron. XXVI, 18. The M.T. reads this as one word: parbar.');">¹⁸</span> What does le-par bar mean? - Said Rabbah son of R'Shila: As one says, facing without [ke-lappe le-bar]. Rab Judah said in Samuel's name: Liability for uncleanness<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., for entering the precincts of the Temple court in an unclean state.');">¹⁹</span> is incurred

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