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As any altar that lacks a ramp, or a horn, or a base, or the shape of a square, either because it was not erected as a square or due to damage, is disqualified for use in the Temple service. R' Yosei bar Yehuda says: Even the surrounding ledge must be complete, and if it is lacking it disqualifies
§ Rabba bar bar Ḥana said that R' Yoḥanan said: The drainpipes [shittin] built into the altar and extending beneath it were created from the 6 days of Creation, as it is stated: “The hidden of your thighs are like the links of a chain, the handiwork of a skilled workman” (Song of Songs 7:2). The Tal
It was taught in a baraita that R' Yosei says: These drainpipes are hollow and descend to the depths, as it is stated: “Let me sing of my well beloved, a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill, and he dug it, and cleared it of stones, and pl
It was taught in a baraita that R' Elazar bar Tzadok said: There was a small gap between the ramp and the altar west of the ramp, and once in 70 years young priests would descend there and gather from there the congealed wine left over from the libations that set over time, which resembled round cak