Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 118:4

ור' יהודה שפיר קאמר ר' יוסי ר' יהודה לטעמיה דאמר מזבח שעשה משה גדול היה דתניא (שמות כז, א) חמש אמות אורך וחמש אמות רוחב דברים ככתבן דברי ר' יוסי

So-and-so is a dwarf', when he is unfit for [sacrificial] service.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., instead of saying directly that for some reason he is unfit, he uses a euphemism and calls him a dwarf. Similarly here, the altar had become unfit for service, and that is delicately stated by saying that it was too small.');">⁵</span> But R'Jose says well to R'Judah?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' His argument is sound. How then does R. Judah rebut it?');">⁶</span>

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