The chamber where the entrails of the korbanot are rinsed. From there the mesiba begins, the spiral ascent that comes out on the roof of the Beit HaParva, where the Kohen Gadol immerses. The westernmost of the three chambers of the south.
Dimensions
- in the south, within the Azara, against the inner face of the wall
- adjoining the Beit HaParva, to its west
- the mesiba set between the two structures, round and rising to the roof of the Parva
Sources
Project decisionAdopted: the distribution of Yoma 19a and the Rambam (Beit HaBechirah 5:17) — Melach, Parva and Medichin in the south, Etz, Gola and Gazit in the north. The standard text of Middot 5:3–4 reverses the two sides; Tosafot Yom Tov (Middot 5:3) notes the variant. The Rambam also places these chambers “in the Ezrat Israel”; the tour sets them against the wall of the Azara. Tosafot Yom Tov (Middot 5:3) gives this chamber two openings onto the Azara: one for the work, the other at the foot of the stairway, so that the Kohen Gadol goes up to the bath without passing where the entrails are rinsed; the tour follows this layout, the entrance of the stairway being the second. Not shown: the partition he places along the stairway, so that whoever goes up does not see into the chamber. Tour's choice: the round shape of the stairway (mesiba means “spiral”), the trough and the two marble tables.