[59a - 42 lines; 59b - 29 lines]

1)[line 2]כיורKIYOR- the large basin of water in the Azarah (see Background to Zevachim 19:35)

2)[line 3]משוך קימעא כלפי הדרוםMASHUCH KIM'A KELAPEI HA'DAROM- it was drawn slightly to the south [of the Mizbe'ach]

3)[line 16]צפון פנוי מכליםTZAFON PANUY MI'KELIM- the northern part of the Azarah should be empty of vessels

4)[line 20]מזבח שנפגםMIZBE'ACH SHE'NIFGAM- the Mizbe'ach that was damaged [renders all of the Korbanos slaughtered there invalid]

5)[line 27]היינו קרא דאישתמיט ליה לרבHAINU KERA D'ISHTAMIT LEI L'RAV- this is the verse that slipped away from Rav

6)[line 29]בעלי חיין אינן נדחיםBA'ALEI CHAYIN EINAN NIDACHIM - living things cannot become permanently rejected [from the Mizbe'ach] (DICHUY)

See Background to Zevachim 12:12.

7)[line 34]הא איזקון להוHA IZAKUN LEHU- [by the time the Mizbe'ach was built] they would have grown too old to be offered

8)[line 42]דברים ככתבןDEVARIM KI'KESAVAN- the words should be understood as they are written

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9)[line 2]בבית עולמיםB'VEIS OLAMIM- the Beis Olamim is the Beis ha'Mikdash. It was called by this name, the "Eternal Dwelling," because once it was chosen, it became the permanent dwelling place of the Shechinah.

10)[line 7]פלוני ננס הואPELONI NANAS HU- so-and-so is a midget

11)[line 12]מאמצעיתוME'EMTZA'ISO- [the verse measures it] from its middle point

12)[line 14]"והאריאל שתים עשריה ארך בשתים עשרה רחב רבוע אל ארבעת רבעיו""VEHA'ARIEL SHTEIM ESREH ORECH BI'SHTEIM ESREH ROCHAV, RAVU'A, EL ARBA'AS REVA'AV"- "And the altar hearth shall be a square, twelve Amos long by twelve wide, square, to its four quadrants" (Yechezkel 43:16) - The Mizbe'ach was called "Ariel," "the lion of HaSh-m," because a fire came down from HaSh-m ("Kel") and rested upon the Mizbe'ach in the shape of a lion ("Ari"). The Mishnah in Midos (35b) explains that the words "El Arba'as Reva'av" mean that the twelve Amos were measured in four directions from the midpoint of the Mizbe'ach, resulting in a twenty-four Amah square.