The Mishnah on the Water Libation
Rabbi Judah says: With a log [of water] he would pour the water libation all eight days [of the festival]. And they would say to the one pouring the libation, “Raise high your hand!” For once, a certain [priest] poured out the water libation on his feet [rather than into the silver bowl], and all the people pelted him with their citrons.
Translated by Richard S. Sarason.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
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