1)

(a)The two holes in the south-western corner of the Y'sod - were for the blood that was poured on to the Y'sod to drain on to the floor of the Azarah.

(b)The blood that was poured on to ...

1. ... the western side of that Y'sod was - that of the Chata'os Penimi'os (whose blood was sprinkled inside the Kodesh).

2. ... the southern side was - that of the Chata'os Chitzoni'os, incorporating all regular Chata'os (see Tosfos Yom-Tov and Tiferes Yisrael).

(c)The two lots of blood would then mix - and flow together into the Amah (the stream) that flowed through the Azarah, and from there to the valley of Kidron.

(d)Once the blood reached the valley of Kidron - it was sold to gardeners as fertilizer.

2)

(a)The Shis - which was located directly beneath the spot where the Nesachim were poured on the Mizbe'ach, was a pit where the wine collected and congealed.

(b)They covered the entrance to that pit (via a diagonal shaft from the Azarah) with a marble plate - which was one square Amah, and which they removed by means of a ring that was set in it.

(c)This was necessary from time to time - to scrape away the congealed wine that had accumulated there.

3)

(a)A ramp (Kevesh) led up to the Mizbe'ach on its south side, and not steps - because the Torah writes in Yisro "ve'Lo Sa'aleh be'Ma'alos al Mizb'chi'".

(b)The dimensions of the Kevesh were - thirty-two Amos in length (at the horizontal), and sixteen Amos in width.

(c)The purpose of the small windowed cubicle that was located at the top of the ramp on its west side - was to place there Chata'os ha'Of that had become Pasul, allowing them to become Pasul be'Linah before burning them.

4)

(a)The stones for the Kevesh were brought from the valley of Beis ha'Kerem - as were the stones for the Mizbe'ach.

(b)They dug them up - from the ground that lay beneath virgin soil.

(c)Besides being touched by metal - a notch in any of the stones would render it Pasul as well.

(d)If one of the stones of the Mizbe'ach became Pasul - they would simply replace it (since the rest of the stones remained Kasher).

5)

(a)They would lime the stones ...

1. ... of the Mizbe'ach - twice annually (before Pesach and before Succos).

2. ... of the Heichal - before Pesach.

(b)According to Rebbi, each Erev Shabbos - they would wash the Mizbe'ach with a cloth (to clean it of the blood that had accumulated on it during the week).

(c)According to the Tana Kama, they were careful not to use - a metal spoon (containing the lime) when whitewashing the Mizbe'ach (in case it inadvertently touched the Mizbe'ach).

(d)The prohibition of metal touching the Mizbe'ach is based on the Pasuk "Lo Sanif aleihem Barzel". The Torah is so particular about this - because it is not befitting for metal, which is widely used for curtailing the life of man, to come into contact with the Mizbe'ach, which prolongs it.

6)

(a)A series of rings was attached to the floor on the north side of the Azarah (as we discussed in Tamid). According to the Tana Kama, there were six rows (from west to east), each consisting of four rings. Yesh Omrim say that - there were four rows of six rings.

(b)We already discussed the Beis ha'Mitbachayim in Tamid (see also Rosh DH ''ve'Taba'os')). The purpose of ...

1. ... the three rows of hooks on each of the thick blocks (that rested on the eight pillars) was - to suspend the animal from them whilst stripping it.

2. ... the Shulchanos that stood between the pillars was - to wash the innards of the animals after Shechitah (see Tosfos Yom-Tov).

(c)These tables were made of marble (rather than of gold) - because marble kept the flesh cool (whereas gold would have heated it up, causing it to go off).

7)

(a)The Kiyor was located - between the Ulam and the Mizbe'ach, drawn slightly towards the south (see Rosh).

(b)Bein ha'Ulam ve'la'Mizbe'ach was - twenty-two Amos wide ...

(c)... and twelve steps led up to the Ulam.

8)

(a)The ...

1. ... height of each step was - one Amah.

2. ... width of most of the steps was - one Amah, too.

(b)The third, sixth and ninth steps however, were three Amos wide ...

(c)... and the top step, four.

(d)When the Tana says 'Amah Amah ve'Rovad Shalosh', Rovad means - a stretch of floor.

9)

(a)Given that there were nineteen Amos from the first step up to the Ulam - there were three Amos between the Mizbe'ach and the first step leading to the Ulam.

(b)According to Rebbi Yehudah, the top step was - five Amos wide ...

(c)... because in his opinion - there were only two Amos between the Mizbe'ach and the first step leading up to the Ulam.

10)

(a)We have already learned that the entrance to the Ulam was forty Amos high and twenty Amos wide. The five Maltera'os that rested on top of it, one on top of the other - were five large beams of wood made out of a kind of cedar tree that bears gall-nuts.

(b)The bottom beam was twenty-two Amos long - the second one, twenty-four, the third, twenty-six (and so on).

(c)Between each two beams they placed - a row of bricks.

11)

(a)The purpose of ...

1. ... the beams that stretched from the wall of the Heichal to the wall of the Ulam (see Tosfos Yom-Tov) was - to support the wall between them from collapsing (due to its immense height [see Rosh]).

2. ... the golden ropes that hung from the ceiling of the Ulam was - for the young Kohanim to clamber to see (to) the golden window-frames that adorned the wall of the Heichal (on the outside [see Tiferes Yisrael]).

3. ... the golden vine that stood at the entrance of the Heichal was - to hang on it the golden leaves, grapes or clusters of grapes that people donated to Bedek ha'Bayis (see Tosfos Yom-Tov).

(b)The vine was draped over - a trellis made of cedar wood.

(c)Rebbi Eliezer b'Rebbi stated that - on one occasion, there were so many golden objects hanging from it, that it required three hundred Kohanim to remove them.

(d)Chazal commented that - Rebbi Eliezer b'Rebbi Tzadok statement was an exaggeration (see Tosfos Yom-Tov).

12)

(a)The section of wall covered by the inner doors when they were open, differed from the rest of the walls of the Heichal in that - they were not overlaid with gold (since they were anyway not visible whenever the doors were open).

(b)Rebbi Yehudah disagrees with the Tana Kama in three points, though he agrees with him regarding the size of the doors. According to him ...

1. ... both sets of doors were fitted - half an Amah from the outer extremity of the wall.

2. ... each door took up two and a half Amos from east to west, along the inside of the entrance, when the doors were closed.

(c)Despite the fact that each door was five Amos wide (as we explained), this last statement is possible - if one bears in mind that each door folded into two by means of hinges ...

(d)... like a sort of Itztarmitah, which appears to be - a sort of folding board that is made of two sections, with hinges in the middle.

(e)Rebbi Yehudah learns this from the Pasuk "u'Shetayim Dalsos le'Dalsos, Shetayim Musabos Dalsos ... ", which he translates as 'two foldable doors'.

13)

(a)We already discussed in Tamid, the two Pishpeshin, and how the Kohen entered the Heichal each morning to open the doors of the Heichal according to the Tana Kama. He opened the inner doors of the Heichal, according to ...

1. ... the Tana Kama - from inside the Heichal, before opening the outer ones from the space on between the two sets of doors.

2. ... Rebbi Yehudah - from the space in between the two sets of doors (which is where the room inside the wall led to), and then the outer doors from the same location.