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Zevachim 5:3-4

Zevachim 5:3

Public sin offerings refers to the male goats that were offered on Rosh Chodesh and yom tov. Public and private sin offerings are slaughtered in the north, their blood is collected in a vessel in the north, and their blood must be applied to the four horns of the altar as follows: the kohein went up the ramp, turned to the walkway and came to the southeast horn, the northeast horn, the northwest horn and the southwest horn. The rest of the blood was poured out on the southern base of the altar. These sacrifices were eaten inside the courtyard’s hangings, by male kohanim, prepared in any manner, for a day and a night, until midnight.

Zevachim 5:4

Burnt offerings are a form of kodshei kodashim (most-holy sacrifice). They are slaughtered in the north, their blood is collected in a vessel in the north, and the blood requires two sprinklings that are four (hitting two sides of the altar with each, so all four sides in two sprinklings). These sacrifices are flayed, cut into pieces and entirely consumed by fire.

Author: Rabbi Jack Abramowitz