The Tosefta on the Water Libation
From when do they pour it [the water libation] out? Along with the [offering of] the limbs of the tamid sacrifice.1 For it already happened that the Boethusian had poured [the libation] on his feet, and all the people pelted him with their citrons, and the corner of the altar was damaged, and the offerings for the day were null until they brought a lump of salt and placed it on it [the altar] so that it would not appear damaged.
Translated by Yedida Eisenstat.
Notes
[The tamid was an offering of a lamb that was made twice daily in the Temple, once in the morning and once in the evening (see Exodus 29:38–42).—Ed.]
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
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