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Yoma Chart #3

Yoma Daf 16b-17a

THE LAYOUT OF THE AZARAH

[I] THE WIDTH OF THE AZARAH

(a) Full width............: 135 Amos
(b) Entranceway of Heichal: from Amah 62.5 to Amah 72.5
(c) Space occupied by objects in the Azarah and the gaps between
them, from south to north:
(space)...............: (see III:A below)
Mizbe'ach and Kevesh..: 62 Amos
(space)...............: 8
Rings.................: 24
(space)...............: 4
Tables................: (see III:D below)
(space)................: 4
Nanasim...............: (see III:D below)
(space)...............: 8
[II] HEIGHT OF THE AZARAH'S FLOOR FROM THE GROUND OF HAR HA'BAYIS
(a) The floor of the Azarah at the Heichal's entranceway (from the foot of Har ha'Bayis) : 20.5 Amos (Rebbi Elazar ben Yakov) 19.5 Amos (Chachamim)

(b) The floor of the Azarah at the base of the Mizbe'ach (from the foot of Har ha'Bayis) : 14.5 Amos (Rebbi Elazar ben Yakov) 13.5 Amos (Chachamim)

[III] THE PARTS OF THE LAYOUT OF THE AZARAH SUBJECT TO DISPUTE
  (A)
AMOS BETWEEN
SOUTHERN WALL
AND RAMP 		(B)
THE NORTHERN
SIDE OF THE
MIZBE'ACH
REACHES THIS
AMAH 		(C)
HOW MUCH OF
THE HEICHAL'S
ENTRANCEWAY
WAS VISIBLE
THROUGH THE
EASTERN GATE
(height x width) 		(D)
AMOS OCCUPIED
BY THE TABLES
AND NANASIM
1) TANA OF MIDOS (5:2) ACCORDING TO FIRST
EXPLANATION OF RASHI 16b 		10.5 72.5 0.5 x 2 (1) 4.0 (tables)
10.5 (Nanasim)
2) TANA OF MIDOS ACCORDING TO
SECOND EXPLANATION OF RASHI 16b 		12.5 74.5 0 x 0 12.5
3) TANA OF MIDOS ACCORDING TO
EXPLANATION OF R. YBY MOREH TZEDEK
(CITED BY RASHI)		 12.0 74.0 0.5 x 0.5 13.0
4) REBBI ELIEZER BEN YAKOV 5.5 67.5 0 x 0 (2) 19.5
5) IF THE TANA IN MIDOS WAS
REBBI YEHUDAH 		21.5 83.5 0 x 0 3.5
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FOOTNOTES:
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(1) From Har ha'Mishchah, the Kohen could see this small rectangular area in the upper right corner of the Heichal's entranceway. The area had a *width* of 2 Amos through which he could see, because the upper 3 Amos of the Mizbe'ach were recessed inwards 2 Amos (one Amah due to the Yesod on the bottom, and another Amah due to the Sovev, a little more than midway up the Mizbe'ach). At its base, however, the Mizbe'ach extended across the entire area in front of the Heichal's entranceway.

From where the Kohen was standing on Har ha'Mishchah, the Kohen could only see through the Eastern Gate of Har ha'Bayis an area with a *height* of 0.5 Amos of the Heichal's entranceway. This is because the height of the opening of the Eastern Gate of Har ha'Bayis was 20 Amos, and 19.5 of those Amos were covered up by the ascents which between the Eastern Gate and the Heichal. Thus, the Kohen could only see the uppermost half Amah of the Heichal's entranceway.

(2) None of the entranceway to the Heichal was visible, because even though the Mizbe'ach was not blocking the entranceway to the Heichal, Rebbi Eliezer ben Yakov maintains that there was an additional rise of one Amah (see second paragraph of previous footnote), which completely blocked the view of the Heichal's entranceway from the Eastern Gate.

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