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Rav Yosef offers two additional explanations for why the altar in the Second Temple was constructed larger than the altar in the First Temple.
When the Second Temple was built, how did they determine the correct location for the altar? Three explanations are brought.
Which components of the altar are essential for carrying out sacrificial rites?
The ramp of the altar was positioned on its southern side, measuring sixteen cubits in width and thirty-two cubits in length. Rav Huna cites a source to confirm that the ramp was indeed located in the south. A braita presents an alternative source from a statement by Rabbi Yehuda.
There was a space between the altar and the ramp - the origin and function of this gap are clarified.
If the ramp was thirty-two cubits long and the altar itself also measured thirty-two cubits in length, how does this align with the Mishna in Midot 5:2, which states that the total length was sixty-two cubits?
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Rav Yosef offers two additional explanations for why the altar in the Second Temple was constructed larger than the altar in the First Temple.
When the Second Temple was built, how did they determine the correct location for the altar? Three explanations are brought.
Which components of the altar are essential for carrying out sacrificial rites?
The ramp of the altar was positioned on its southern side, measuring sixteen cubits in width and thirty-two cubits in length. Rav Huna cites a source to confirm that the ramp was indeed located in the south. A braita presents an alternative source from a statement by Rabbi Yehuda.
There was a space between the altar and the ramp - the origin and function of this gap are clarified.
If the ramp was thirty-two cubits long and the altar itself also measured thirty-two cubits in length, how does this align with the Mishna in Midot 5:2, which states that the total length was sixty-two cubits?

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