Commentary for Zevachim 125:1

אמר רמי בר חמא כל כבשי כבשים שלש אמות לאמה חוץ מכבשו של מזבח שהיה שלש אמות ומחצה ואצבע ושליש אצבע בזכרותא:

Rami B'Hama said: All the ascents had a gradient of one cubit in three,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' They rose one cubit in every three.');">¹</span> except the ascent of the altar, which [rose one cubit] in three and a half cubits and a finger and a third, counting the little fingers.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of which six go to a tefah (handbreadth) . - As heavy limbs of animals had to be carried up on it, it had an easier gradient, nine cubits in thirty-two, which works out as in the text. (The translation adopts the marginal reading.)');">²</span>

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