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Salt was an integral part of each and every sacrifice, as the Torah clearly states in Sefer Vayikra (2:13), that the covenant of salt should never be left out when bringing sacrifices.
According to the baraita quoted on our daf there were three places where the salt was applied in the Temple:
In the Chamber of the Salt in the Temple where salt was applied to the hides of the sacrifices that were given to the kohanim as their share in the sacrifice (see Lev 7:8)
On the ramp leading up to the altar where the parts of the offering that were to be sacrificed were prepared
On the top of the altar itself, where various offerings were salted, including a variety of different types of meal offerings – the kometz and levona (the fistful of flour prepared by the kohen for sacrifice together with the frankincense), the meal-offering of the kohen and of the kohen gadol, as well as others.
We continue to explore the history of salt with particular attention to the melach Sedomit—the salt of Sodom, identified geographically with the Dead Sea region.