Salt is kept in three places: in the Lishkat HaMelach, on the kevesh, and on top of the altar. On the kevesh the limbs of the offerings are salted. The kohanim who bring them set them down on the lower half of the kevesh, on its west side, and salt them.
Dimensions
- on the lower half of the kevesh, west side
Sources
- Menachot 21b“בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה מְקוֹמוֹת הַמֶּלַח נְתוּנָה: בְּלִשְׁכַּת הַמֶּלַח, וְעַל גַּבֵּי הַכֶּבֶשׁ, וּבְרֹאשׁוֹ שֶׁל מִזְבֵּחַ”
- Tamid 4:3“הָלְכוּ וּנְתָנוּם מֵחֲצִי הַכֶּבֶשׁ וּלְמַטָּה בְּמַעֲרָבוֹ, וּמְלָחוּם”
Project decisionChoices of the tour: a heap lying on the slope, its size and its place within that half.