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an area whose length is 187 cubits by 135 cubits in width.
A tanna taught a baraita before Rav Naḥman: The entire Temple courtyard was 187 cubits in length by 135 cubits in width. Rav Naḥman said to the tanna: My father said this to me: In an area such as this, the priests enter there and eat offerings of the most sacred order there, and slaughter offeri
The Talmud asks: These specific dimensions serve to exclude what? If we say they are stated to exclude the windows, doors, and thickness of the wall, we learn the opposite in a Mishnah (Pesaḥim 85b): The windows in the wall and the thickness of the wall are considered as though they are inside the T
But rather, they are stated to exclude the chambers in the Temple courtyard. The Talmud asks: And if it is referring to chambers that are built in the non-sacred area, which is outside this designated space, and open to the sacred area, but didn’t we learn in a Mishnah (Ma’aser Sheni 3:8): The insi
The Talmud asks: And do they not have sanctity by Torah law? But isn’t it taught in a baraita: With regard to the chambers that are built in the non-sacred area of the Temple Mount and open to the sacred area, from where is it derived that the priests enter there and eat there offerings of the most