Reference for Zevachim 122:8

תנן התם וכשעלו בני הגולה הוסיפו עליו ד' אמות מן הדרום וד' אמות מן המערב כמין גמא מאי טעמא אמר רב יוסף משום דלא ספק

How was it? - The Rabbis said: It sent forth sparks.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When the fat, etc., was burnt on the stone altar, sparks and flames shot out from the heavenly fire on the brazen altar, which was there too, on to the stone altar.');">¹⁶</span> R'Papa said: It took up its abode now here, now there. We learnt elsewhere: And when the Children of the Exile went up [to Eretz Israel],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., when the Jews returned from Babylon.');">¹⁷</span>

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