ืึดืื; ืึฐึผืชึทื ึฐืึธื: ืืึนืชืึน ืึทืึผืึนื ื ึดืคึฐืึฐึผืึธื ืงึถืจึถื ืึดืึฐืึตึผืึท, ืึฐืึตืึดืืืึผ ืึผืึผื ืฉึถืื ืึถืึทื ืึผืกึฐืชึธืืึผืืึผ; ืึฐืึนื ืึดืคึฐึผื ึตื ืฉึถืืึธึผืฉึตืืจ ืึทืขึฒืืึนืึธื, ืึถืึธึผื ืฉึถืืึนึผื ืึตืจึธืึถื ืึดืึฐืึตึผืึท ืคึธึผืืึผื. ืฉึถืืืึผื ืึดืึฐืึตึผืึท ืฉึถืืึตืื ืืึน ืงึถืจึถื ืึฐืึถืึถืฉื ืึดืืกืึนื ืึฐืจึดืืึผืึผืขึท โ ืคึธึผืกืึผื. ืจึทืึดึผื ืืึนืกึตื ืึฐึผืจึทืึดึผื ืึฐืืึผืึธื ืืึนืึตืจ: ืึทืฃ ืึทืกึผืึนืึตื.
The Gemara answers: Yes, the karkov is also indispensable, as it is taught in a baraita: On that day when etrogim were pelted at a Sadducee priest who poured the water libation of Sukkot on his feet rather than on the altar (see Sukka 48b), the corner of the altar was damaged as a result of the pelting and the ensuing chaos. They brought a fistful of salt and sealed the damaged section. They did this not because it rendered the altar fit for the Temple service, but in deference to the altar, so that the altar would not be seen in its damaged state. The reason the altar is disqualified is because any altar that does not have a corner, a ramp, and a base, and any altar that is not square, is disqualified. Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Yehuda, says: Even the surrounding ledge is indispensable.
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