תמיד 33 — Soncino English Talmud

¹HEAPED UP WITH INCENSE; THIS HAD A COVERING, OVER WHICH WAS SPREAD A KIND OF JACKET. MISHNAH . THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN ASSIGNED THE SHOVELLING, TOOK THE SILVER FIREPAN AND ASCENDED TO THE TOP OF THE ALTAR AND CLEARED AWAY THE LIVE COALS TO THIS SIDE AND THAT [AND SWEPT AWAY SOME OF THE ASH AT THE BOTTOM] AND THEN WENT DOWN AND EMPTIED THEM INTO A GOLD [FIREPAN]. ABOUT A KAB OF THE COALS WAS SPILT, AND THESE HE SWEPT INTO THE SEWER , ON SABBATH HE USED TO PUT AN OVERTURNED POT ON THEM. THIS POT WAS A LARGE VESSEL HOLDING A LETHEK. IT HAD TWO CHAINS; WITH ONE HE USED TO DRAW IT DOWN, AND WITH THE OTHER HE USED TO HOLD IT ABOVE SO THAT IT SHOULD NOT ROLL OVER. IT WAS USED FOR THREE PURPOSES — FOR PLACING OVER LIVE COALS, AND OVER A [DEAD] CREEPING THING ON SABBATH, AND FOR DRAWING DOWN THE ASHES FROM THE TOP OF THE ALTAR. MISHNAH . WHEN THEY CAME BETWEEN THE PORCH AND THE ALTAR, ONE TOOK THE ‘SHOVEL’ AND THREW IT BETWEEN THE PORCH AND THE ALTAR. PEOPLE COULD NOT HEAR ONE ANOTHER SPEAK IN JERUSALEM FROM THE NOISE OF THE SHOVEL. IT SERVED THREE PURPOSES. WHEN A PRIEST HEARD THE SOUND OF IT HE KNEW THAT HIS BROTHER PRIESTS WERE GOING IN TO PROSTRATE THEMSELVES, AND HE WOULD RUN TO JOIN THEM. WHEN A LEVlte HEARD THE NOISE OF IT HE KNEW THAT HIS BROTHER LEVITES WERE GOING IN TO CHANT, AND HE WOULD RUN TO JOIN THEM. AND THE HEAD OF THE MA'AMAD USED TO MAKE THE UNCLEAN STAND IN THE EAST GATE. MISHNAH . THEY COMMENCED TO ASCEND THE STEPS OF THE PORCH. THOSE WHO HAD BEEN CHOSEN TO CLEAR THE ASHES FROM THE INNER ALTAR AND FROM THE CANDLESTICK LED THE WAY. THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN CHOSEN TO CLEAR THE INNER ALTAR WENT IN AND TOOK THE TENI AND PROSTRATED HIMSELF AND WENT OUT AGAIN. THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN CHOSEN TO CLEAR THE CANDLESTICK WENT IN, AND IF HE FOUND THE TWO WESTERN LIGHTS STILL BURNING HE CLEARED OUT THE EASTERN ONE AND LEFT THE WESTERN ONE BURNING, SINCE FROM IT HE LIT THE CANDLESTICK FOR THE EVENING. IF HE FOUND THAT THIS ONE HAD GONE OUT, HE CLEARED THE ASH AWAY AND LIT IT FROM THE ALTAR OF BURNT-OFFERING. HE THEN TOOK THE KUZ FROM THE SECOND STEP AND PROSTRATED HIMSELF AND WENT OUT. MISHNAH . THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN CHOSEN FOR THE FIREPAN MADE A HEAP OF THE CINDERS ON THE TOP OF THE ALTAR AND THEN SPREAD THEM ABOUT WITH THE END OF THE FIREPAN AND PROSTRATED HIMSELF AND WENT OUT. MISHNAH. THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN CHOSEN FOR THE INCENSE TO OK THE DISH FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE SPOON AND GAVE IT TO HIS FRIEND OR HIS RELATIVE. IF SOME OF IT WAS SPILT INTO THE SPOON, HE WOULD PUT IT INTO HIS HANDS. THEY USED TO INSTRUCT HIM SAYING, BE CAREFUL NOT TO BEGIN IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF YOU OR ELSE YOU MAY BURN YOURSELF. HE THEN COMMENCED TO SCATTER THE INCENSE AND [AFTER FINISHING] WENT OUT. THE ONE WHO BURNT THE INCENSE DID NOT DO SO UNTIL THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID TO HIM, BURN THE INCENSE. IF IT WAS THE HIGH PRIEST WHO BURNT, HE WOULD SAY TO HIM, SIR, PRAY BURN THE INCENSE. THE PEOPLE LEFT AND HE BURNT THE CENSE AND PROSTRATED HIMSELF AND WENT OUT. MISHNAH .^ᵃ^ᵇ^ᶜ^ᵈ^ᵉ^ᶠ^ᵍ^ʰ^ⁱ^ʲ^ᵏ^ˡ^ᵐ^ⁿ^ᵒ^ᵖ^ᵠ^ʳ^ˢ^ᵗ^ᵘ^ᵛ^ʷ^ˣ^ʸ^ᶻ^ᵃᵃ^ᵃᵇ^ᵃᶜ^ᵃᵈ^ᵃᵉ^ᵃᶠ

^ᵃnote:And if any was spilt, it would fall into the spoon.
^ᵇnote:Made of cloth or leather, to prevent the fragrance from escaping.
^ᶜnote:Lit., ‘the firepan’. Of the cinders from the altar.
^ᵈnote:These words are obviously a gloss inserted incorrectly from the Mishnah 28a dealing with the clearing away of the ashes.
^ᵉnote:Because the silver firepan would hold four kabs and the gold one only three.
^ᶠnote:V. Mid. III, 2 and Yoma 43b.
^ᵍnote:When it was not permissible to sweep the cinders away.
^ʰnote:**, ‘a wine cooler’.
^ⁱnote:Fifteen se'aha.
^ʲnote:From the top of the altar pile of ashes, v. infra.
^ᵏnote:Because it was round-bottomed.
^ˡnote:When it was not permissible to remove it.
^ᵐnote:Those who had been chosen for the firepan and the incense.
^ⁿnote:Magrepah. V. supra p. 20, n. 2. Whether it is identical with the vessel mentioned there is difficult to say.
^ᵒnote:After the offering of the incense.
^ᵖnote:When the libation of wine was offered.
^ᵠnote:Hore the word seems to mean the section of the priests on duty, elsewhere designated Mishmar. Maimonides, however, takes it in its usual sense (v. G]os. s.v.) and supposes that the unclean persons mentioned in the next sentence are lepers awaiting the sprinkling of the blood.
^ʳnote:All the priests of the beth ab (v. supra p. I, n. 9) which was on duty had to turn up, whether clean or unclean. The reason is given in Pes. 82a.
^ˢnote:Those who had been chosen for the incense and the firepan.
^ᵗnote:There were twelve steps between the altar and the Porch. V. Mid. III, 6.
^ᵘnote:The altar of incense.
^ᵛnote:In order to remove the teni and the kuz which had been left there. V. Jupra, end of Ch. III.
^ʷnote:Those which he had left at the first clearance. V. Ch. III.
^ˣnote:He removed the wick and the oil and cleared out the socket and put in a fresh wick and oil.
^ʸnote:I.e., he poured in oil without putting it out first.
^ᶻnote:Where it had been left when he trimmed the lights. V. supra end of Ch. III.
^ᵃᵃnote:So as to sprinkle the incense over them.
^ᵃᵇnote:The spoon.
^ᵃᶜnote:Since the burning of the incense was always assigned to a priest who had never had this privilege before. V. supra IV, 2.
^ᵃᵈnote:Because he would have to put his hand over the smoke to reach the further cinders.
^ᵃᵉnote:Lit., ‘My sir, the High Priest’.
^ᵃᶠnote:I.e., the priests between the court and the altar.

²WHEN THE HIGH PRIEST WENT IN TO PROSTRATE HIMSELF, THREE PRIESTS SUPPORTED HIM, ONE BY HIS RIGHT AND ONE BY HIS LEFT AND ONE BY THE PRECIOUS STONES. WHEN THE SUPERINTENDENT HEARD THE SOUND OF THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE HIGH PRIEST AS HE WAS ABOUT TO ISSUE [FROM THE HEKAL], HE RAISED THE CURTAIN FOR HIM. HE WENT IN, PROSTRATED HIMSELF AND WENT OUT, AND THEN HIS BROTHER PRIESTS WENT IN AND PROSTRATED THEMSELVES AND WENT OUT. MISHNAH . THEY WENT AND STOOD ON THE STEPS OF THE PORCH. THE FIRST SET STOOD AT THE SOUTH SIDE OF THEIR BROTHER PRIESTS HOLDING FIVE VESSELS; ONE HELD THE TENI, A SECOND THE KUZ, A THIRD THE FIREPAN, A FOURTH THE DISH, AND THE FIFTH THE SPOON AND ITS COVERING. THEY BLESSED THE PEOPLE WITH A SINGLE BENEDICTION; IN THE COUNTRY THEY RECITED IT AS THREE BLESSINGS, IN THE SANCTUARY AS ONE. IN THE TEMPLE THEY PRONOUNCED THE DIVINE NAME AS IT IS WRITTEN, BUT IN THE COUNTRY BY ITS SUBSTITUTE. IN THE COUNTRY THE PRIESTS RAISED THEIR HANDS AS HIGH AS THEIR SHOULDERS, BUT IN THE TEMPLE RIGHT ABOVE THEIR HEADS, ALL EXCEPT THE HIGH PRIEST, WHO DID NOT RAISE HIS HANDS ABOVE THE PLATE. R. JUDAH SAYS THAT THE HIGH PRIEST ALSO RAISED HIS HANDS ABOVE THE PLATE, SINCE IT SAYS, AND AARON LIFTED UP HIS HANDS TOWARD THE PEOPLE AND BLESSED THEM. MISHNAH . WHEN THE HIGH PRIEST DESIRED TO BURN THE OFFERINGS, HE USED TO GO UP THE ASCENT WITH THE DEPUTY HIGH PRlest AT HIS RIGHT HAND, AND WHEN HE REACHED THE MIDDLE OF THE ASCENT THE DEPUTY TOOK HOLD OF HIS RIGHT HAND AND HELPED HIM UP. THE FIRST [OF THE OFFICIATING PRIESTS] THEN HANDED TO HIM THE HEAD AND THE FOOT OF THE SACRIFICE AND HE LAID HIS HANDS ON THEM AND THREW THEM [ON THE ALTAR FIRE]. THE SECOND THEN HANDED TO THE FIRST THE TWO FORE LEGS. AND HE HANDED THEM TO THE HIGH PRIEST WHO LAID HIS HANDS ON THEM AND THREW THEM [ON TO THE ALTAR]. THE SECOND THEN SLIPPED AWAY. IN THE SAME WAY ALL THE OTHER LIMBS WERE HANDED TO HIM AND HE LAID HANDS ON THEM AND THREW THEM [ON TO THE ALTAR FIRE]. IF HE PREFERRED, HE COULD LAY ON HANDS AND LET OTHERS THROW ON THE FIRE. WHEN HE CAME TO GO ROUND THE ALTAR FROM WHERE DID HE COMMENCE? FROM THE SOUTH-EASTERN CORNER; FROM THERE HE WENT TO THE NORTH-EASTERN, THEN TO THE NORTH-WESTERN AND THEN TO THE SOUTH-WESTERN. THEY THERE HANDED TO HIM WINE FOR LIBATION. THE DEPUTY HIGH PRIEST STOOD ON THE HORN OF THE ALTAR WITH THE FLAGS IN HIS HAND, AND TWO PRIESTS ON THE TABLE OF THE FAT WITH TWO TRUMPETS IN THEIR HANDS. THEY BLEW A TEKI'AH, A TERU'AH AND A TEKI'AH, AND THEN WENT AND STOOD BY BEN ARZA, ONE ON HIS RIGHT HAND AND ONE ON HIS LEFT. WHEN HE BENT DOWN TO MAKE THE Llbation THE DEPUTY HIGH PRIEST WAVED THE FLAGS AND BEN ARZA STRUCK THE CYMBALS AND THE LEVltes CHANTED THE PSALM. WHEN THEY CAME TO A PAUSE A TERI'AH WAS BLOWN, AND THE PUBLIC PROSTRATED THEMSELVES; AT EVERY PAUSE THERE WAS A TEKI'AH AND AT EVERY TEKI'AH A PROSTRATlon. THIS WAS THE ORDER OF THE REGULAR DAILY SACRIFICE FOR THE SERVICE OF THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD. MAY IT BE GOD'S WILL THAT IT BE BUILT SPEEDILY IN OUR DAYS, AMEN. MISHNAH . THE FOLLOWING ARE THE PSALMS THAT WERE CHANTED IN THE TEMPLE. ON THE FIRST DAY THEY USED TO SAY, THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S AND THE FULNESS THEREOF, THE WORLD AND THEY THAT DWELL THEREln. ON THE SECOND DAY THEY USED TO SAY, GREAT IS THE LORD AND HIGHLY TO BE PRAISED, IN THE CITY OF OUR GOD. HIS HOLY MOUNTAln. ON THE THIRD DAY THEY USED TO SAY, GOD STANDETH IN THE CONGREGATION OF GOD, IN THE MIDST OF THE JUDGES HE JUDGETH. ON THE FOURTH DAY THEY USED TO SAY, O LORD, THOU GOD TO WHOM VENGEANCE BELONGETH, THOU GOD TO WHOM VENGEANCE BELONGETH, SHINE FORTH. ON THE FIFTH DAY THEY USED TO SAY, SING ALOUD UNTO GOD OUR STRENGTH, SHOUT UNTO THE GOD OF JACOB. ON THE SIXTH DAY THEY USED TO SAY, THE LORD REIGNETH, HE IS CLOTHED IN MAJESTY, THE LORD IS CLOTHED, HE HATH GIRDED HIMSELF WITH STRENGTH. ON SABBATH THEY USED TO SAY, A PSALM, A SONG FOR THE SABBATH DAY: A PSALM, A SONG FOR THE TIME TO COME, FOR THE DAY THAT WILL BE ALL SABBATH AND REST FOR EVERLASTING LIFE.^ᵃᵍ^ᵃʰ^ᵃⁱ^ᵃʲ^ᵃᵏ^ᵃˡ^ᵃᵐ^ᵃⁿ^ᵃᵒ^ᵃᵖ^ᵃᵠ^ᵃʳ^ᵃˢ^ᵃᵗ^ᵃᵘ^ᵃᵛ^ᵃʷ^ᵃˣ^ᵃʸ^ᵃᶻ^ᵇᵃ^ᵇᵇ^ᵇᶜ^ᵇᵈ^ᵇᵉ^ᵇᶠ^ᵇᵍ^ᵇʰ

^ᵃᵍnote:To the Hekal.
^ᵃʰnote:After the offering of the incense.
^ᵃⁱnote:On the shoulder pieces of the ephod.
^ᵃʲnote:All the priests who had officiated.
^ᵃᵏnote:The five particularly mentioned above, who had cleared the ashes from the inner altar and the candlestick.
^ᵃˡnote:The priestly benediction, ‘The Lord bless thee and preserve thee etc.’ Num. VI, 24-26.
^ᵃᵐnote:Allowing the public to say Amen after each verse.
^ᵃⁿnote:Because Amen was not said in the Temple.
^ᵃᵒnote:YHVH.
^ᵃᵖnote:Adonai.
^ᵃᵠnote:Because the name of God was inscribed on it.
^ᵃʳnote:Lev. IX, 22. Which shows that the priestly benediction must be said with raised hands. Tosaf. Yom Tob.
^ᵃˢnote:The High Priest had the privilege of performing any service he wished without the formality of the lot.
^ᵃᵗnote:Selan
^ᵃᵘnote:This was not the regulation laying on of hands, which was performed when the animal was still alive, but a special mark of distinction for the High Priest.
^ᵃᵛnote:The ascent was on the south side of the altar and the place of libation was at the south-western corner, but as it was the rule for the officiating priest to move to the right, he had to go right round the altar to get to it.
^ᵃʷnote:The horn was a cubit square.
^ᵃˣnote:The marble table on which the limbs were put. V. supra.
^ᵃʸnote:On these terms, v. Glos.
^ᵃᶻnote:V. Shek. V, 1.
^ᵇᵃnote:In the palm.
^ᵇᵇnote:Ps. XXIV.
^ᵇᶜnote:Ibid XLVIII.
^ᵇᵈnote:Ibid LXXXII.
^ᵇᵉnote:Ibid XCIV.
^ᵇᶠnote:Ibid LXXXI.
^ᵇᵍnote:Ib1d. XCIII.
^ᵇʰnote:Ibid XCII. The reasons why these Psalms were chosen are given in R.H. 31a.