The Tabaot (Rings)

Twenty-four rings fixed to the ground, in the southernmost strip of the Beit HaMitbachayim — the slaughtering strip. The Mishna arranges them in six rows of four; others say four rows of six.

Dimensions

• 24 rings
• 24-ama strip in the north-south division of the Azara
• six rows of four — or four rows of six

Sources

• Middot 3:5“six rows of four, and some say four rows of six”
• Middot 5:2

Project decisionMiddot 3:5 gives two arrangements: six rows of four rings, or four rows of six. The tour lays out four rows of six.