Commentary for Zevachim 116:8

ואי נמי קסבר קדושת היכל ואולם חדא היא עשרים ותרתי בעי מיתי

And if he holds that it was half in the north and half in the south, he would have to bring it down eleven cubits?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For then there will be sixteen cubits in the south. The figure eleven is arrived at by deducting the five of the door from these sixteen.');">¹¹</span> And even if he holds that the sanctity of the hekal and that of the ulam are one, he would have to bring it down six cubits?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deducting a further five cubits (cf. n. 5.) from the eleven.');">¹²</span>

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