פירוש על מלכים א 7:40

And Chirom made, etc. And Rebbi said, that the כיורות are one and the same as the סירות, as it is stated, “like a pan of fire burning wood,”⁶¹Zecharyah 12:6. and similarly, “and he thrust it into the pan.”⁶²I Shmuel 2:14.

The [wash] basins. Of copper, used to remove the ashes from the altar.

The rakes. Copper shovels which are called vedil, in German, [were used] to rake the ashes into the pots.