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זבחים 86:2
Soncino English Talmud · Berean Standard Bible
of hardened [limbs]. Whence do we know it? — Said Raba: One text states, [This is the law of the burnt-offering: it is that which goeth up on its firewood upon the altar] all night . . . and he shall burn thereon etc. Whereas another text states, all night . . . and he shall take up the ashes. How are these texts reconciled? Divide it [the night]: half is for burning, and half for taking up [the ashes]. R. Kahana raised an objection: Every day he [the priest] takes up [the ashes] at cockcrow, or slightly before or slightly after. On the Day of Atonement, [he does this] at midnight; on festivals, at the first watch. If then you maintain that [the altar must be cleared] from midnight [onwards], how may we advance it? — Said R. Johanan: From the implication of ‘all night’, do I not know that it is until the morning? Why then is ‘unto the morning’ stated? Add another morning to the morning of the night. Therefore every day it is sufficient from cockcrow. On the Day of Atonement [it is done] at midnight, on account of the fatigue of the High Priest. On festivals when there were many sacrifices and so the Israelites came very early, [it was done] at the first watch, as the sequel teaches: and before cockcrow the Temple court was full of Israelites. It was stated: If they sprang off before midnight and he replaced them after midnight: Rabbah said:
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