The chamber where the lambs of the korban tamid wait, already examined and found without blemish. No fewer than six are kept, enough for a Shabbat and the two days of Rosh HaShanah. In the morning the officer sends for the lamb of the day here. Middot places the chamber in the south-west, Tamid in the north-west; the Gemara reconciles them: it is long, along the west wall, and almost reaches both corners.
Dimensions
- south-west corner, in the sacred half
- 6 × 11.5 amot, from the south wall to the boundary of the sacred area
- manger, straw, barrier in the doorway
Sources
- Middot 1:6“מַעֲרָבִית דְּרוֹמִית, הִיא הָיְתָה לִשְׁכַּת טְלָאֵי קָרְבָּן”
- Tamid 3:3“וַהֲרֵי לִשְׁכַּת הַטְּלָאִים הָיְתָה בְמִקְצוֹעַ צְפוֹנִית מַעֲרָבִית”
- Yoma 17a“הַאי לִשְׁכָּה אַקְצוֹיֵי מַקְצְיָא, וּדְאָתֵי מִצָּפוֹן מִתְחַזְיָא לֵיהּ בְּדָרוֹם, וּדְאָתֵי מִדָּרוֹם מִתְחַזְיָא לֵיהּ בְּצָפוֹן”
- Rashi on Yoma 17a“בשתי המקצועות נראית שארוכה היא ועומדת במערב ומארכת לצד הצפון ודרום עד קרוב למקצועות שמכאן ומכאן”
- Arakhin 2:5“אֵין פּוֹחֲתִין מִשִּׁשָּׁה טְלָאִים הַמְבֻקָּרִין בְּלִשְׁכַּת הַטְּלָאִים, כְּדַי לַשַּׁבָּת וְלִשְׁנֵי יָמִים טוֹבִים שֶׁל רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה”
Project decisionAdopted: Rav Adda bar Yitzchak's answer (Yoma 17a), an elongated chamber that looks south-western or north-western depending on the side one comes from (Rashi). The Gemara adds that “it stood mostly in the south-west”. Tour's choice: the length, which stops at the boundary of the sacred area, and the furnishings.