Jewish%20thought for Zevachim 124:14

אמר רב יהודה שני כבשים קטנים יוצאין מן הכבש שבהן פונים ליסוד ולסובב ומובדלין מן המזבח מלא נימא משום שנאמר סביב ורבי אבהו אמר רבוע

Surely on to a burning pile, and there it would be impossible [to do otherwise].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the wood was burning, the priest obviously could not go right up to it, but had to stand at a distance and throw it. But in that case, since it was impossible to do otherwise, no text would be required. Hence the text must teach that there was a gap between the ascent and the altar, not that there was one between the priest and the pile.');">³²</span> R'Papa said: [It must be] like the blood. Just as [in the case of the] blood, the air-space above the pavement interposed, so [in the case of the] flesh, the air-space above the pavement interposed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which would not be the case if he stood at the side of the pile.');">³³</span>

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