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<DIV>R' Akiva Blum writes:</DIV>
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size=2><BR>>>The gemorah Yoma 58b says that the cohen who sprinkles the
blood of par cohen moshiach and of par ho'edo stands on the eastern side of
the mizbeach hazohov, which is situated slighly west of centre of the heichal.
This means the cohen stood at about 20 amos away from the peroches.<BR>The
gemorah 57a states according to R' Elozor ben R' Yossi, the blood of par
heelem dovor shel tzibbur should touch the peroches as he whitnessed it in
Rome. This means that he would successfully throw drops of blood 20
amos!<BR><BR>Why is this not listed as one of the avodos koshos
shebamikdash?<<<BR><BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>1. What is your source that the mizbeach hazahav was so far away from the
paroches? I'm not arguing, just asking. My mental picture is that
the mizbeach hazahav was close to the paroches.</DIV>
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<DIV>2. Another subject, only tangentially related to what you asked, but
something I've always wondered: did they clean the paroches (and the
bigdei kehuna) periodically, and if so, how? I have trouble
picturing beautiful, elegant clothing and curtains being esthetically pleasing
once they have blood stains all over them.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby
Katz<BR>=============</B></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>