Related%20passage for Yoma 105:11

א"ל אביי והא איפכא תניא דתניא נתן בה עיקר מעלה עשן היה מתמר ועולה כמקל עד שמגיע לשמי קורה כיון שהגיע לשמי קורה ממשמש ויורד בכותלים עד שנתמלא הבית עשן. שנאמר (ישעיהו ו, ד) והבית ימלא עשן

To teach us that Scripture said: 'So that it may cover [etc.]'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Cover' may refer to the capacity to just cover the ark-cover, but not to rise above it.');">¹³</span> Said Abaye to him: But the opposite has been taught; for it was taught: If when he put in the root of the smoke-raiser, it would rise up straight like a stick until it reached the ceiling beams; as soon as it reached the beams of the ceiling it would come slowly down the walls until the house became full of smoke, as it is said: And the house was filled with smoke?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. VI, 4. This proves that the root is more effective for producing the straight smoke.');">¹⁴</span>

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