[Avodah] length of the aron

[Zev Sero]

Eli Turkel wrote:
> The gemara indicates that workers came into the KhK to do repairs.
> Conceptually one could dream up something that would require measurements
> of the width

They were lowered in in boxes, facing the wall that they were to work on.
None of them would be in a position to do this measurement.  Even someone
who had to measure the width would be carrying a one-amah ruler, not a
20-amah one.  And we know what happens with a one-amah ruler.  The
question was what would happen with a 20-amah one, and I don't think we'll
ever know the answer.

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