Halakhah for Zevachim 128:8
ת"ל (ויקרא ה, ט) והנשאר בדם ימצה אל יסוד המזבח קיר שהשירין שלו מתמצים ליסוד ואיזה זה קיר התחתון
Yet perhaps it is not so, but rather on the upper wall, and that is indeed logical: if [the blood of] an animal sin-offering is [sprinkled] above, though [that of] an animal burnt-offering is [sprinkled] below: surely [the blood of] a bird sin-offering is [sprinkled] above, seeing that [that of] a bird burnt-offering is [sprinkled] above? Therefore it states, And th rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid.');"><sup>13</sup></span> [which intimates that it must be sprinkled on] a wall where the residue will drain down to the base, and which is that?
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