Comentario sobre Midot 3:2
וּבְקֶרֶן מַעֲרָבִית דְּרוֹמִית הָיוּ שְׁנֵי נְקָבִים, כְּמִין שְׁנֵי חֳטָמִין דַּקִּין, שֶׁהַדָּמִים הַנִּתָּנִין עַל יְסוֹד מַעֲרָבִי וְעַל יְסוֹד דְּרוֹמִי, יוֹרְדִין בָּהֶן וּמִתְעָרְבִין בָּאַמָּה, וְיוֹצְאִין לְנַחַל קִדְרוֹן:
En la esquina suroeste [de la base] había dos agujeros como dos fosas nasales delgadas donde la sangre colocada en la base occidental y en la base sur se canalizaría a través de ellos y se mezclaría en la corriente [que fluía en el Patio] y luego saldría al valle de Kidron.
Bartenura on Mishnah Middot
ובקרן מערבית דרומית – a cubit below the foundation, there were two perforations.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Middot
At the southwestern corner [of the foundation] there were two openings like two small nostrils through which the blood which was poured on the western side of the foundation and on the southern side flowed down till the two streams became mingled in the channel, through which they made their way out to the Kidron wadi. The blood of all sacrifices was either drained on the western side of the foundation (see Zevahim 5:1-2) or on the southern side (Zevahim 5:3). The blood would drain out through two holes shaped like nostrils, and then flow down to the channel that flowed through the Temple Courtyard. From there the blood would be flushed out to the Kidron wadi that flows below the Temple Mount.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Middot
שהדמים הניתמים על יסוד מערבי – as, for examples the remnants of the blood of the inner sin-offerings, which are afrer all of he gifts, he would pour the remnants of the blood on the western foundation.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Middot
ועל יסוד דרומי – the remnants of the blood of the outer [sacrifices (see Tractate Zevakhim, Chapter 5, Mishnayot 1-3).
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Bartenura on Mishnah Middot
יורדין – on the path of those perforations and mix in the water channel that is in the Temple court, an from there leave to the Kidron Valley. And the owners of gardens would purchase them from the treasures to manure the land (see Tractate Yoma, Chapter 5, Mishnah 6 and Tractate Taanit, Chaptet 4, Mishnah 1).
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