Mark Bergman asked:
The Gemoro on 87b discusses the gap between the Mizbe'ach and its ramp. Tosfos brings an opinion that the gap had to be more than 1 Amah wide so that the ground could be seen (and the Sovev was 1 Amah wide).
With reference to a similar discussion earlier on 62b, wouldn't a gap of over 1 Amah mean that the length of the Mizbe'ach + ramp is over 65 Amahs, not 64 as calculated there?
Kesiva VaChasima Tova
Mark Bergman
Manchester UK
The Kollel replies:
The length calculated was not the actual length of the ramp, but rather the distance from the place where the ramp started to where the Mizbe'ach ended. Thus, this opinion -- that there was a larger gap between the ramp and the Mizbe'ach -- will just have a fractionally shorter ramp.
D. Zupnik