Jewish%20thought for Yoma 39:3

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> תנן התם אברים שפקעו מעל גבי המזבח קודם חצות יחזיר ומועלין בהן לאחר חצות לא יחזיר ואין מועלין בהן

AND ON THE FEASTS AT THE FIRST WATCH,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As to the watch, there is a diversity of opinion in Ber. 3a, some dividing the night into three, others into four such watches.');">⁵</span> AND BEFORE THE COCKCROW APPROACHED THE TEMPLE COURT WAS FULL OF ISRAELITES. <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>We have learnt elsewhere: If limbs [of animal offerings] burst off from upon the altar before midnight, they must be put back and the law of Me'ilah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Me'ilah is the law concerning the unlawful use of sacred property; ma'al means 'commit a trespass' and refers to the use or appropriation of anything that belongs to the altar, to the Sanctuary, to God. If me'ilah has been committed by error, there is reparation and a guilt-offering: If one commit a trespass and sin through error, then he shall bring his forfeit to the Lord, a ram without blemish . . for a guilt-offering, and he shall make restitution for that which he hath done amiss . . and shall add the fifth part thereto (Lev. V, 15-16) .');">⁶</span>

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