Jewish%20thought for Zevachim 108:1

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that he [subsequently] cut it away,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After the base was built, a cubit was cut away on the south side.');">¹</span> [surely] 'unhewn [whole] stones' are prescribed!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXVII, 6. Cutting away from the base would inevitably cut into the stones, so that they would not be whole.');">²</span> - They placed a plank there, and then removed it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the first mould planks were placed on the south and the east sides, a cubit from the edge, so that when the stones etc. were poured in, these strips would be left empty; subsequently they were removed.');">³</span> For if you will not say thus, when R'Kahana said: The horns<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So emended by Sh. M.');">⁴</span>

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