Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 216:18

ואיבעית אימא ה"ט דר"ש כדתניא ר"ש אומר (ויקרא יז, ו) מזבח פתח אהל מועד ואין מזבח בבמה לפיכך העלה על הסלע או על האבן חייב

R'Johanan said: What is R'Simeon's reason? - Because it is written, So Manoah took the kid with the meal-offering, and offered it upon the rock unto the Lord.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Judg. XIII, 19.');">²¹</span> Now as to the other too, surely it is written, And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord? - That was merely for its elevation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To facilitate the act of offering up, but not because an actual altar was necessary.');">²²</span>

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