Mesorat%20hashas for Yoma 88:4
אמר רב אחא בר אהבה שמע מינה מעלות דאורייתא והכי גמירי להו
are Biblical, and thus they have learnt them by tradition, for if it should enter your mind that they are only Rabbinical enactment, then what [in law] is the difference in the space between Ulam and altar [from which they must keep away] for fear that they might enter by accident, they should [analogically] keep away from the whole Temple Court out of fear that they might accidentally enter? - The space between Ulam and altar, since it is not marked off in any fashion,is not recognizable sufficiently, whereas the Temple Court, since there is the outer altar to mark it off, is sufficiently recognizable.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So as to prevent their entering by mistake, or accident.');"><sup>4</sup></span> Raba said: Conclude from this that the holiness of Ulam and Hekal is the same.
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