Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 51:22

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> נתנו על גבי הכבש שלא כנגד היסוד נתן את הניתנין למטה למעלה ואת הניתנין למעלה למטה ואת הניתנין בפנים בחוץ ואת הניתנין בחוץ בפנים פסול ואין בו כרת:

Said Raba: Why do you say that if he suspended [the animal] and received the blood it is valid in the case of sacrifices of lower sanctity? [Presumably] because the air-space of within is as within! Then in the case of sacrifices of higher sanctity too, the air-space of the no is as the north? - Rather said Raba: In the case of sacrifices of both higher and lower sanctity they are [all] valid, except in the case of sacrifices of higher sanctity, where he suspended [the animal] and slaughtered it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the reason stated above.');">²⁴</span> and in the cases of sacrifices of both higher and lower sanctity, where he suspended himself and received [the blood]. R'Jeremiah asked R'Zera: What if he [the priest] is within and his locks [of hair] are without? - Said he him, Have you not said that 'even that they may bring them unto the Lord' intimates that the whole of it [the animal] must come within? So here too, when they go in unto the tent of meeting<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXVIII, 43.');">²⁵</span> intimates, that the whole of him must enter the tent of meeting. <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>IF [THE PRIEST] APPLIED IT [THE BLOOD] ON THE ASCENT,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Leading to the altar, instead of on the altar.');">²⁶</span> [OR ON THE ALTAR, BUT] NOT OVER AGAINST ITS BASE;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The blood was to be sprinkled over against the base of the altar, which means on a side provided with a foundation. This excludes the south-east corner, which had no base (infra 53a) .');">²⁷</span> IF HE APPLIED [THE BLOOD] WHICH SHOULD BE APPLIED BELOW [THE SCARLET LINE] ABOVE [IT]. OR THAT WHICH SHOULD BE APPLIED ABOVE, BELOW;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A scarlet line ran round the sides of the altar: some blood was to be applied above, and some below.');">²⁸</span> OR THAT WHICH SHOULD BE APPLIED WITHIN [HE APPLIED] WITHOUT, OR WHAT SHOULD BE APPLIED WITHOUT [HE APPLIED] WITHIN,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Within' means on the inner altar; 'without', on the outer altar.');">²⁹</span> IT IS UNFIT, BUT DOES NOT INVOLVE KARETH.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the eating of its flesh.');">³⁰</span>

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