אף כאן – למזרחה של ירושלים.
so too here, the bull and goat of Yom Kippur are burned east of Jerusalem.
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אף כאן – למזרחה של ירושלים.
so too here, the bull and goat of Yom Kippur are burned east of Jerusalem.
אלא לרבנן היכא שריף להו? כדתניא: היכן נשרפין? לצפון ירושלים, חוץ לשלש מחנות. רבי יוסי הגלילי אומר: אבית הדשן נשרפין.
But according to the Rabbis, then, where outside Jerusalem do they burn them? The Talmud responds: As it is taught in a baraita: Where are the bulls and goats burned? They are burned north of Jerusalem, outside of the 3 camps. R' Yosei HaGelili says: They are burned on the place of the ashes, where the ashes from the altar were poured.
אמר רבא: מאן תנא דפליג עליה דרבי יוסי הגלילי? רבי אליעזר בן יעקב היא, דתניא: ״על שפך הדשן ישרף״ – שיהא שם דשן (שיקדים לשם דשן). רבי אליעזר בן יעקב אומר: שיהא מקומו משופך.
Rava said: Who is the tanna who disagrees with R' Yosei HaGelili? It is R' Eliezer ben Yaakov, as it is taught in a baraita: The verse states with regard to bulls that are burned: “Where the ashes are poured out [shefekh hadeshen] should it be burned” (Leviticus 4:12). This teaches that ashes must be there already when the bulls are burned. R' Eliezer ben Yaakov says: This verse teaches that its place should slope [meshupakh] downward so that ashes from the burning will slide downhill.
אמר ליה אביי: דילמא במקומו משופך פליגי.
Abaye said to Rava: Perhaps they disagree only about whether the place must slope, but R' Eliezer ben Yaakov agrees that it must be the place where the ashes from the altar were deposited.
תנו רבנן: השורף מטמא בגדים, ולא המצית את האור מטמא בגדים, ולא המסדר את המערכה מטמא בגדים. ואיזהו השורף? המסייע בשעת שריפה.
§ A baraita states: The verse states with regard to the bull and goat of Yom Kippur: “And he who burns them should wash his garments” (Leviticus 16:28). This teaches that only the one who burns them renders his garments impure, but the one who kindles the fire does not render his garments impure, and the one who sets up the arrangement of wood does not render his garments impure. And who is considered the one who burns? One who assists at the actual time of burning.
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