Commentary for Zevachim 39:6

ת"ש בן קטין עשה שנים עשר דד לכיור אף הוא עשה מוכני לכיור שלא יהיו מימיו נפסלין בלינה מאי לאו רבי אלעזר ברבי שמעון היא לא רבי היא

say, reporting R'Johanan in Ilfa's name: If the laver was not lowered [into the well] in the evening.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thereby leaving its water unchanged.');">⁶</span> [the priest] performs his sanctifications in it for the service of the night.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Such as the burning of the fats and the other parts of animals sacrificed during the day.');">⁷</span>

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