Halakhah for Zevachim 136:7
ולא כל דכן הוא קדשי בדק הבית בעו כהונה קדשי מזבח מיבעיא
Why is the left [hand] different; [presumably] becau it is fit on the Day of Atonement; and likewise night is fit in respect of [the burning of] the limbs and the fats;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the Day of Atonement the spoon containing incense was taken with the left hand. The limbs and fats of sacrifices were burnt at night. Thus in two instances the left hand and night are fit for service, and presumably for that reason he rules that even in the present case, though they are not fit, they free them from uncleanness.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
Sefer HaChinukh
From the laws of the commandment is [that which] they, may their memory be blessed, said (Menachot 21a) that it is a commandment to salt the meat properly — similar to the salting of meat for roasting — such that he salts it from both sides. But it is fit, ex post facto, even if he salted it a tiny bit (Mishneh Torah, Laws of Things Forbidden on the Altar 5:11). And the salt with which we salt the sacrifices is the community’s, like the [fire]wood. And an individual does not bring salt or wood for the sacrifices. And all of this is from the aggrandizement of the [Temple]; as “in a place of wealth, there is no poverty” (Shabbat 102b). And they would put the salt in three places: in the chamber of salt; on top of the ramp; and at the top of the altar. They would salt the limbs in the chamber of salt, and they would salt the handful, the frankincense, the burnt meal-offerings and the burnt-offering of the fowl at the top of the altar. And the rest of its details are in the seventh chapter of Zevachim.
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