Zevachim 58: North and South as Metaphor for Status; Different Strokes

Some very brief thoughts about today's daf:

• we are introduced to Perek VI beginning with a new Mishna:
• Rabbi Yosei says that sacrifices of the most sacred over that were slaughtered on top of the alter have a status as if they were slaughtered in the north
• thus those offerings are valid
• the status of the area from the halfway point of the altar and to the south is as if it is the south
• offerings of the most sacred order slaughtered there are thus disqualified
• the status of the area from the halfway point of the altar and to the north is like that of the north
• of course, the Gemara examines different offerings, their status, and where they were slaughtered
• great attention is paid to the measurements, the type of item being measured, and outliers as examples

I remember learning about the laws of Yom Kippur and the laws of Sukkot.  They were very different; their practice would appeal to different types of people, even though all of us are asked to fulfill those mitzvot.  Today I am reminded again about the different types of scholars who would learn these dapim and who would practice what they learned.  Today's daf likely would appeal to the builder, the engineer, the mathematician, the woodcarver, the artisan.