| Hilchos Beis Habechira: The Hearth | | |
Chapter 5, halacha 10
Outside the Temple Courtyard, on its northern side, was a large structure between the courtyard and the Chayl. It was built with a dome and its inner walls were surrounded with stone protrusions. It was called the Chamber of the Hearth. It contained two entrances: one to the Temple Courtyart and one to the Chayl. There were four chambers inside it. Two were consecrated and two were not. Marking posts separated the consecrated chambers from those that were not consecrated.
For what purpose were they used?
The southwestern chamber was the Chamber of the Lambs.
The southeastern chamber was the Chamber of the Bakers of the Showbread.
In the northeastern chamber, the Hasmoneans entombed the stones of the Altar that were defiled by the Greek kings.
In the northwestern chamber, a stairwell descended to the mikvah.
In the Northeastern chamber, the Hasm
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