Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Zevachim 172:6

הלכך כל יומא מקרות הגבר סגי ביום הכיפורים משום חולשא דכהן גדול מחצות ברגלים דנפישי קרבנות דקדמי אתו ישראל מאשמורת הראשונה כדקתני סיפא לא היתה קריית הגבר מגעת עד שהיתה עזרה מלאה מישראל

On the Day of Atonement, [he does this] at midnight; on festivals, at the first watch.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Yoma 20a. The night (roughly from 6 P.M. to 6 A.M.) was divided into three or four watches (the matter is debated in Ber. 3a) . The end of the first watch would be about 9 or 10 P.M., two or three hours before midnight.');"><sup>8</sup></span> If then you maintain that [the altar must be cleared] from midnight [onwards], how may we advance it? - Said R'Johanan: From the implication of 'all night', do I not know that it is until the morning?

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