Zevachim

for if he sprinkled but did not drain out, it is valid,1 provided that he applies some of the life blood below the scarlet line. [THAT HORN SERVED FOR] THREE THINGS etc. FOR THE SIN-OFFERING OF THE BIRD, as we have stated.2 FOR THE PRESENTING: for it is written, And he shall bring it near [i.e., present it] unto the altar.3 FOR THE RESIDUE OF THE BLOOD: for it is written, And all the remaining blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar. 4 ABOVE: FOR THE POURING OF THE WINE AND THE WATER, AND FOR THE BURNT-OFFERING OF A BIRD WHEN THE EAST WAS TOO MUCH OCCUPIED. What is the reason?5 — R. Johanan said: Because it is nearest to the ash deposit.6 R. Johanan said: Come and see how great was the strength of the priests, for no part of birds is lighter than the crop and the feathers, yet sometimes the priest threw them more than thirty cubits.7 For we learnt: He8 took a silver pan [brazier] and ascended to the top of the altar, where he parted the coals to either side, [and] shovelled out some of the inner burnt coals; then he descended and reached the pavement. He turned his face toward the north, proceeded to the east of the ascent, a distance of ten cubits. There he heaped up the coals on the pavement three handbreadths away from the slope, at the site where they placed the crop and the feathers and the ashes of the inner altar and the candlestick.9 But this would be more than thirty-one [cubits]?10 — He does not count the place of the person.11 ALL WHO ASCENDED THE ALTAR etc. What is the reason?12 — Said R. Johanan: In the case of libations,lest they become smoke-laden; and as to the burnt-offering of a bird, lest it perish through the smoke.13 An objection is raised: When he came to make a circuit of the altar,14 whence did he commence? From the south-east horn, [whence he successively passed to] the north-east, north-west, and south-west, and he was handed the wine to pour it out! 15 — Said R. Johanan: the altar. more than thirty cubits away. It requires great strength to throw anything that is very light a great distance, not afraid of the smoke.