Reference for Rosh Hashanah 51:9

והא איכא ארון וכפורת וכרוב חוטא בל יקריב קאמרינן

- Seeing that this has been transformed,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is no longer recognizable as a bullock.');">¹⁵</span> the objection to it is removed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'since it has been changed, it has been changed'.');">¹⁶</span> But what of the ark, with the mercy-seat and the cherub?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In all of which there was an abundance of gold.');">¹⁷</span>

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