Commentary for Zevachim 124:3

אמר רבי ירמיה באמה גדומה אמר רב יוסף ולאו היינו דתניא (ויקרא א, ח) על העצים אשר על האש אשר על המזבח שלא יהו עצים יוצאין מן המזבח כלום

B'Huna said in R'Hama B'Guria's name: The logs which Moses made<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Two logs were placed on the altar fire pile for the morning tamid (q.v. Glos.) and the evening tamid; v. Yoma 26b.');">⁶</span> were a cubit long and a cubit broad, and their thickness was that of the instrument for levelling off the top of a se'ah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A se'ah was a measure. In buying and selling corn this measure was filled, and the top or pile was levelled down by a stick, called a 'strike'. - Sh. M. observes that as the place of the pile itself on Moses' altar was only one cubit square, these logs must have been stood endways upon it, with wood chips between to assist the fire to catch on.');">⁷</span> R'Jeremiah observed: [It was measured] with a stumped cubit.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., rather shorter than a cubit. 'Aruch reads gerumah instead of gedumah, which reverses the meaning: with a generous cubit, i.e., slightly more than a cubit. This makes the difficulty that follows more plausible.');">⁸</span>

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