Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 54:3
אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק אף אנן נמי תנינא רבי יהודה אומר (ויקרא ו, ב) זאת היא העולה הרי אלו מיעוטין פרט לנשחטה בלילה ושנשפך דמה ושיצא דמה חוץ לקלעים אם עלתה תרד
R'Judah said: [This is the law of the burnt-offering:] it is that which goeth up [on its firewood upon the altar all night unto the morning]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. VI, 2.');"><sup>3</sup></span> here you have three limitations: It excludes [an animal] slaughtered at night; it excludes [an animal] whose blood was spilt; and it excludes [an animal] whose blood was carried out beyond the hangings: if any one [of these] ascended [the altar], it descends.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From the passage, 'which goeth up on its firewood upon the altar all night' the Rabbis deduce that once it ascends the altar it must not be taken down all night. But the three words in Hebrew which are rendered 'it is that which goeth up' are really superfluous, and therefore are interpreted as excluding three cases, as enumerated in the text, from the operation of this law.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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