Commentary for Zevachim 173:4
מתקיף לה רב יוסף ומאן לימא לן דחצות בראש המזבח משויא להו עיכול דילמא כל היכא דמשכחא להו משויא להו עיכול שלחו מתם הלכתא כרב יוסף
If they sprang off before midnight and he replaced them after dawn, - Rabbah said: The second midnight consumes them; R'Hisda said: They never reach 'ikul.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whenever they spring off, until they are actually ashes, they must be replaced, and involve trespass.');"><sup>4</sup></span> To this R'Joseph demurred: And who is to tell us that midnight establishes 'ikul [only when they are] on the top of the altar; perhaps it establishes 'ikul wherever they are?
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