[Avodah] How many Korban Pesachs could be sacrificed in 1 day?

[Elazar M. Teitz]

     RZev Sero wrote, "The azara was 187 x 135.  Take away 100x100 for the Hechal, and 32x32 for the mizbeach, leaves over 14,000 sq amos, which at 50 cm is over 3,500 sq metres. If 2000 people are actively sacrificing at any one time, and each of those occupies 1 sq metre, that leaves 1500 sq metres for all the people who are waiting their turn, and for the kohanim's lines, etc.  It's tight, but probably doable even without miracles."

     Even assuming that all the rest of the space was available for people and animals, ignoring the fact that much of the space was occupied by the kevesh, kiyor, shulchanos, amudim and taba'os, and even not counting the space occupied by the kohanim, it is still impossible without nissim. The entire azara, 187 x 135 amos, was 25425 square amos.  Allowing as little as one square ama per person (far less than a square meter), even the entire area of the azara could not accommodate 30000 people, let alone the 400000 per group needed to generate 1.2 million korbanos.

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