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by placing them in a vessel. One Sage, R' Eliezer, holds that the designation of a measure of incense larger than an olive-bulk by placing it in a vessel is a significant matter that renders one obligated to burn all the incense that was placed there. Therefore, one who then burned only an olive-b
Rava said: Now, according to the one who says that designation by placing in a vessel is nothing, if one designated in a vessel 6 log of wine as a libation to accompany the sacrificing of a bull, which is the required amount, and then removed 4 log from it and brought those 4 log as a libation out
Similarly, if one designated by placing in a vessel 4 log of wine for a libation to accompany the sacrificing of a ram and then removed 3 log of wine from it and brought those 3 log as a libation outside the courtyard, he would be liable, as 3 log of wine is a fit libation for the sacrificing of a l
But if those 3 log were lacking any amount, and one brought them as a libation outside the courtyard, he would be exempt because less than 3 log of wine is never a fit libation.
Rava inferred from the baraita that the Rabbis do not derive the measure for liability for a rite performed in the outer sanctum, i.e., the pouring of a libation, from one performed in the outer sanctum, i.e., the burning of incense. From that he concluded that the Rabbis would certainly not derive