tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520998016026184160.post6596934113637067830..comments2024-03-08T08:05:41.370-05:00Comments on Beis Hamikdash Topics: Standing Room in the Courtyard on Erev PesachYoav Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03859719994853628817noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520998016026184160.post-59868498829516349132015-07-24T06:41:30.707-04:002015-07-24T06:41:30.707-04:00I'm glad you are finding the blog interesting....I'm glad you are finding the blog interesting. As to your question, I also think that it would have been reasonable to let people flow through the azarah in order to get more Pesachim slaughtered, especially considering how relatively few animals could have been fit into the azarah as it is. However, the Mishnah (Pesachim 5:5) seems to indicate that this was not the case, since it says that after each group entered and the azarah was filled to capacity, the gates of the azarah would be locked [preventing anyone from leaving or entering].Yoav Elanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03859719994853628817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520998016026184160.post-31592996716367624922015-07-22T23:37:17.029-04:002015-07-22T23:37:17.029-04:00I just discovered your blog today, it's marvel...I just discovered your blog today, it's marvelous. <br />It seems your analysis of standing space refers to *stock*, while your question of korbanot during erev Pesach refers to *flow*. The maximum quantity of korbanot could have depended on how many kohanim were at task at one time and how fast they worked. All the while, if people came in and left quickly after their korban was performed, the courtyard may have been not full at all at any given time. <br />Now your analysis assumes that they would let everyone inside before each shift and not let anyone in during the shift. It is reasonable to think this was not the case, rather people flowed in and out during each shift, and the quantity of korbanot performed depended only on the speed of the avoda and quantity of Kohanim working at any given time.<br /><br />Yasher koach!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com