Quoting%20commentary for Yoma 89:4
בכל יום כהנים עולין במזרחו של כבש דאמר מר כל פינות שאתה פונה לא יהו אלא דרך ימין למזרח
It is but to intimate that it must be most fine. ON OTHER DAYS THE PRIESTS WOULD COME UP ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE RAMP: Because a master said: Any turn you make shall be but to the right, i.e., toward the east.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [The ramp being on the southern side of the altar, by ascending on the eastern side of the ramp, the east of the altar, towards which he has turned is immediately on his right, thus obviating unnecessary movement in the Temple.]');"><sup>5</sup></span> BUT TODAY HE COMES UP IN THE MIDDLE, AND GOES DOWN IN THE MIDDLE: Why?
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