Commentary for Zevachim 127:5

אמר רבי יוחנן בא וראה כמה גדול כחן של כהנים שאין לך קל בעופות יותר ממוראה ונוצה פעמים שהכהן זורקן יותר מבשלשים אמה

R'Johanan said: Come and see how great was the strength of the priests, for no part of birds is lighter than the crop and the feathers, yet sometimes the priest threw them more than thirty cubits.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When the bird was sacrificed by the south-west horn, he had to throw the crop and the feathers to the ash deposit, more than thirty cubits away. It requires great strength to throw anything that is very light a great distance,');">⁷</span> For we learnt: He<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The priest who removed the ashes.');">⁸</span>

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