The Shot
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The Kohanim rinse out the intestines of the Tamid offering.
The Story
The Tamid offering is an olah offering, which means that the entire animal is burned on the Mizbeyach (except for the hide, which is given to the Kohanim). In order to make the offering look (and smell) as presentable as possible, the stomach and intestines of the animal were rinsed out with water to remove any undigested food and waste material. Because this was a smelly process, it was carried out away from the main Azarah area in an underground room called the Chamber of the Rinsers. This room had its own exit off of Har Habayis so that the material removed from the animal did not have to be carried through the Azarah.
The Setup
This shot is modeled and rendered in Bricklink Studio with depth of field added in Photoshop (read more about this process in my introduction). This room is portrayed as a less-than-glamorous dungeon to match the less-than-glamorous tasks performed here. Although everything done in the House of G-d was special, I don't know if the Rinsers' Chamber would have been graced with floor mosaics or drapes in royal purple. The stonework is rough and chipped away in places, and the floor tiles are arranged more haphazardly than in other rooms. I decided that the Kohanim could have benefited from running water in this chamber by diverting part of the stream running through the Azarah down into this area to help wash away some of the waste. I also wonder if they would have found a way to get better air circulation in this room, or maybe lit a bunch of incense burners to help with the smell. The intestines are hotdogs held together with magical Bricklink Studio glue.
The floor tiles in each row rest on a 1x1 technic brick spaced along an axle. This allows each tile to be spaced out and rotated on the stud holding it in place and make the floor look less orderly. The subfloor of each row, in turn, is also attached along an axle running perpendicular to the first ones so that the rows can be spaced out with more room around the floor tiles. In the picture below I see now that the top corner technic brick holding the axle is rotated 90˚ from where it should be so that the axle runs through the solid sides instead of through the hole, a building mistake that can only happen in Studio and not (or at least not easily) in real life.
Finally, a dish rack idea using 1x1 bricks with 4 side studs to hold together some panels and cheese slopes:
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