69 Pesachim 5/6-9

(ו) שחט ישראל וקבל הכהן, נותנו לחברו וחברו לחברו, ומקבל את המלא ומחזיר את הריקן. כהן הקרוב אצל המזבח, זורקו זריקה אחת כנגד היסוד.

(ז) יצתה כת ראשונה ונכנסה כת שניה. יצתה שניה, נכנסה שלישית. כמעשה הראשונה כך מעשה השניה והשלישית. קראו את ההלל. אם גמרו שנו, ואם שנו שלשו, אף על פי שלא שלשו מימיהם. רבי יהודה אומר: מימיהם של כת שלישית לא הגיע לאהבתי כי ישמע ה', מפני שעמה מעטין.

(ח) כמעשהו בחל כך מעשהו בשבת, אלא שהכהנים מדיחים את העזרה שלא ברצון חכמים. רבי יהודה אומר: כוס היה ממלא מדם התערובות, זרקו זריקה אחת על גבי המזבח, ולא הודו לו חכמים.

(ט) כיצד תולין ומפשיטין, אנקליות של ברזל היו קבועים בכתלים ובעמודים שבהן תולין ומפשיטין. וכל מי שאין לו מקום לתלות ולהפשיט, מקלות דקים חלקים היו שם, ומניח על כתפו ועל כתף חברו, ותולה ומפשיט. רבי אליעזר אומר: ארבעה עשר שחל להיות בשבת, מניח ידו על כתף חברו, ויד חברו על כתפו, ותולה ומפשיט.

(6) A [common] Israelite slaughtered [the Pesach sacrifice], and a Kohen received [the blood] and gave it to his fellow [Kohen], and his fellow to his fellow; and [each] received a full [beaker], and [at the same time] returned an empty [one]; the Kohen nearest to the altar, sprinkled it out in one sprinkling at the base [of the altar].

(7) When the first group went out, the second group entered; when the second went out, the third entered. Like [the proceedings] of the first [group], so [too] were [the proceedings] of the second and third [groups. Each group] would [also] read the Hallel [Psalms of thanksgiving recited joyously and communally on many festivals]: if they finished [it], they would repeat [it], and if they repeated [it to its end], they would read it a third time; even though, during all their days, they never read it a third time; Rabbi Yehuda says, "During all the days of the third group, they never got [as far as] 'ahavti ki yishma Hashem,' ‏ because [that group's composition] was small."

(8) As were the proceedings of [the Pesach sacrifice] on weekdays, so [too] were its proceedings on Shabbat, but the Kohanim would wash down the courtyard, [which on Shabbat was] against the wishes of the Sages. Rabbi Yehuda says, "A cup was filled with the mixed blood, [which was] sprinkled in one sprinkling on the altar." But the Sages did not concede to him.

(9) In what way was [the Pesach sacrifice] suspended, and flayed? Iron hooks were affixed to the walls and pillars, onto which they would suspend and flay [it]; and any one who could not find a place to suspend and flay [it in this manner, would be able to use] thin smooth sticks [which] were [provided] there, and [he could] place [one end] on his shoulder and [the other end] on his fellow's shoulder and suspend and flay [it on the stick]. Rabbi Eliezer says, "If the fourteenth [of Nissan] comes out on Shabbat, one should place his hand on the shoulder of his fellow and his fellow's hand on his shoulder and suspend and flay [the sacrifice by hanging it in this manner from their arms]."