English: “To the place of the ashes” — this teaches that it is a mitzvah to clear the altar’s ashes [to fix a designated place for the ash].
In the sugya: The phrase “el mekom ha-dashen” both designates the destination of the discarded crop and implies the existence of a fixed, prepared place for ashes east of the altar. The mitzvah of dishun is thereby supported.
Type of Learning
Implication of a fixed ash-place from “mekom ha-dashen.”
What Is Learned
The discarded crop is thrown to the designated ash area east of the altar. The verse’s reference to “the place of the ashes” is the source both for the location of the disposal and for the requirement that such a designated place exist.