Vol 3.24 - Tetzaveh
Hebrew Text
Summary
Explanation of the debate of R. Eliezer and the Sages (Mishnah end of Tractate Chagigah) in the reason that the Golden and Copper Altars did not receive Tumah - in Avodat HaAdamTalmud Chagigah (26b):
All the vessels that were in the Temple required immersion, except the Altar of gold and the Altar of bronze, for they were accounted as the ground: this is the view of R. Eliezer. But the sages say: because they were overlaid [[with metal]