Today's Daf Yomi
May 16, 2021 | ืืณ ืืกืืื ืชืฉืคืดื
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This month is sponsored by Esther Kremer in loving memory of her father, Manny Gross z'l, on his 1st yahrzeit
Yoma 35
This week’s learning is sponsored by Joy Benatar in memory of Miriam David, Malka bat Michael v’Esther. Remembered as a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and Jewish educator.
Why is the room called Beit HaParva? Why did they hold up specifically a garment made of linen? Why did the mishna tell us the total sum of how much the clothing cost? Can a kohen use his own clothing for work in the Temple? A story is told about the clothes of Rabbi Elazar ben Charsom whose mother made his very expensive fine clothing to work in the Temple but the threads were transparent and one could see his body underneath the clothing. Since Rabbi Elazar ben Charsom is mentioned, the gemara brings a braita that also relates to him. A poor person, a rich person and an evil person are brought to judgement and asked, โWhy did you not learn Torah?โ If they say they were too poor, they remind them of the story of Hillel who always learned Torah in the same place every day but one day couldnโt pay the entrance fee and he sacrificed his life to learn Torah by going up to the roof on a snowy day and risking his life to listen to the Torah through the skylight.โ If he says he is too rich, they remind him of Rabbi Elazar ben Charsom who was so rich and yet left his business dealings to others and spent his time going from place to place learning Torah. If he says he is too beautiful, they remind him of the story of Yosef who didnโt give in to Potifarโs wifeโs daily attempts to seduce him. The mishna continues in the actions of the Kohen Gadol. He takes the bull and does smicha, then vidui, confession of his sins and his familyโs sins.
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ืืืณ ืืื ืคืจืื ืืืจ ืจื ืืืกืฃ ืคืจืื ืืืืืฉื
GEMARA: What is the meaning of the name Parva? Rav Yosef said: Parva is the name of a Persian sorcerer, whose name is associated with the chamber due to a particular incident.
ืคืจืกื ืกืืื ืฉื ืืืฅ ืืื ืฉื ื ืฉื ืืืฅ ืืืจ ืจื ืืื ื ืืื ืฉืืืืจ ืฉืขืืืืช ืืืื ืืืืื ืืืฅ
ยง It was stated in the mishna: They spread there a sheet of fine linen. The Gemara asks: What is different that the sheet that they spread was made of fine linen? Rav Kahana said: It was so that the High Priest will be aware and remember that the service of the day is performed in fine linen.
ืืฉืืจ ืืื ืืืืฉ ืคืืืกืื ืฉื ืฉืืื ื ืขืฉืจ ืืืืณ ืืชื ื ืื ืืื ื ืืชื ืืืฉืืืขืื ื ืื ืงื ืืฉืืข ืื ืืืฆืืจ ืืื ื ืื ื ืขืืื ืื ืื ืืฆืืจ ืืื ื ืืืคื ืืื ื ืืืช ืื ืื
ยง The mishna continues: In the morning, he would wear garments worth eighteen maneh, and in the afternoon he would wear garments worth twelve maneh. In total, the clothes were worth thirty maneh. The Gemara expresses surprise at the total in the mishna: Does the tanna come to tell us the tally that eighteen and twelve equal thirty? The Gemara answers: This comes to teach us that one may not fashion garments worth less than the total of these morning and afternoon garments. The Gemara elaborates: If one decreases the value of these morning garments, and raises the value of those afternoon garments, we have no problem with it. One can distribute the total of thirty maneh between the two sets of garments in any manner that he chooses.
ืืืืื ืขืืื ืืืืช ืืฉืืจ ืขืืืคื ืื ื ืื ืืืจ ืจื ืืื ื ืืจืื ืืจื ืขืืืื ืืืจ ืงืจื ืณืืืณ ืณืืืณ ืณืืืณ ืณืืืณ ืืืืืจ ืืื
The Gemara comments: However, everyone, both Rabbi Meir and the Rabbis, agrees that the clothes of the morning are superior and must be more valuable than those of the afternoon. From where do we derive this? Rav Huna, son of Rav Ilai, said that with regard to the linen garments donned by the High Priest in the morning, the verse states: โHe shall be dressed in a sacred linen tunic, and with linen trousers next to his flesh, and he shall be girded with a linen belt, and he shall wear a linen mitreโ (Leviticus 16:4). From the fact that the verse repeats the term linen four times it is derived that the choicest linen should be used for this purpose.
ืืืชืืื ืืืืฉื ืืืืื ืืืจืื ืืื ืืงืืฉื ืืช ืืขื ืืืืืืื
The Gemara raises an objection. It is stated: โAnd it shall be that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and withinโ (Ezekiel 44:17). This verse is referring to the Yom Kippur service, as during the year the High Priest performed the service in eight priestly vestments made partially of wool. Two verses later the prophet says: โAnd when they go forth into the outer court, into the outer court to the people, they shall remove their garments in which they serve, and lay them in the sacred chambers, and they shall put on other garments, so that they do not sanctify the people with their garmentsโ (Ezekiel 44:19).
ืืื ืืื ืืืจืื ืืฉืืืื ืืื ืื ืืืจืื ืคืืืชืื ืืื
The Gemara infers: What, doesnโt โotherโ mean more important than the first set of linen garments? The Gemara rejects this: No, although โotherโ means different garments, it means garments inferior to them, the first set of linen garments. The High Priest does not don a second set of garments to effect atonement; rather, he dons them in deference to God to remove the spoon and the coal pan from the Holy of Holies.
ืชื ื ืจื ืืื ื ืืจ ืืืืื ืืืืจื ืื ืจื ืฉืืืื ืืจ ืืืืื ืืืจ ืฉืืืชื ืขืืืืช ืฆืืืืจ ืืื ืฉืขืฉืชื ืื ืืื ืืชืื ืช ืืืืฉื ืืขืืื ืื ืขืืืืช ืืืื ืืืืื ืฉืืืกืจื ื ืืฆืืืืจ ืคืฉืืื
Rav Huna bar Yehuda, and some say Rav Shmuel bar Yehuda, taught: After the public service concluded, a priest whose mother had made him a priestly tunic may wear it and perform an individual service while wearing it, such as removal of the spoon and the coal pan, which is not a service in and of itself, provided he transfers it to the possession of the public. All services performed by the priest must be performed while he is wearing sacred garments owned by the public, as all the Temple vessels are. The Gemara asks: This is obvious; once he transfers it to the possession of the public, it is Temple property like any other vessel that an individual donates to the Temple. What is novel in this statement?
ืืื ืืชืืื ื ืืืืฉ ืฉืื ืื ืืืกืจื ื ืืคื ืืคื ืงื ืืฉืืข ืื ืืืจื ืขืืื ืขื ืจืื ืืฉืืขืื ืื ืคืืื ืฉืขืฉืชื ืื ืืื ืืชืื ืช ืฉื ืืื ืื ื ืืืืืฉื ืืขืืื ืื ืขืืืืช ืืืื ืืืกืจื ืืฆืืืืจ
The Gemara answers: Lest you say that the concern is that since he is the one wearing it perhaps he will intend to retain ownership and will not transfer it wholeheartedly; therefore, it teaches us that if he transfers possession to the public, that is not a concern. Apropos this halakha, the Gemara relates: They said about the High Priest Rabbi Yishmael ben Pabi that his mother made him a tunic worth one hundred maneh. He donned it and performed an individual service and transferred possession of it to the public.
ืืืจื ืขืืื ืขื ืจืื ืืืขืืจ ืื ืืจืกืื ืฉืขืฉืชื ืื ืืื ืืชืื ืช ืืฉืชื ืจืืืื ืืื ืื ืืืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืื ืืืืืฉื ืืคื ื ืฉื ืจืื ืืขืจืื ืืื ืืชืืื ืืืืืจ ืืจ ืืืื ืืคืื ืฉืฉื ืืืจ ืืืื ืืืืจื ืืืืื
And similarly, they said about the High Priest Rabbi Elazar ben แธคarsum that his mother made him a tunic worth twenty thousand dinars, but his fellow priests did not allow him to wear it because it was transparent and he appeared as one who is naked. The Gemara asks: And could he be seen through a garment made to the specifications of the priestly vestments? Didnโt the Master say: The threads of the priestly vestments were six-fold? Since the clothes were woven from threads that thick, his body could not have been seen through them. Abaye said: It is like wine in a thick glass cup. His flesh could not actually be seen, but since it was very fine linen, it was somewhat translucent and his skin color was discernible.
ืชื ื ืจืื ื ืขื ื ืืขืฉืืจ ืืจืฉืข ืืืื ืืืื ืืขื ื ืืืืจืื ืื ืืคื ื ืื ืื ืขืกืงืช ืืชืืจื ืื ืืืืจ ืขื ื ืืืืชื ืืืจืื ืืืืื ืืชื ืืืืจืื ืื ืืืื ืขื ื ืืืืช ืืืชืจ ืืืื
ยง Apropos the great wealth of Rabbi Elazar ben แธคarsum, the Gemara cites that which the Sages taught: A poor person, and a wealthy person, and a wicked person come to face judgment before the Heavenly court for their conduct in this world. To the poor person, the members of the court say: Why did you not engage in Torah? If he rationalizes his conduct and says: I was poor and preoccupied with earning enough to pay for my sustenance and that is why I did not engage in Torah study, they say to him: Were you any poorer than Hillel, who was wretchedly poor and nevertheless attempted to study Torah?
ืืืจื ืขืืื ืขื ืืื ืืืงื ืฉืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืื ืขืืฉื ืืืฉืชืืจ ืืืจืคืขืืง ืืฆืื ืืื ื ืืชื ืืฉืืืจ ืืืช ืืืืจืฉ ืืืฆืื ืืคืจื ืกืชื ืืืคืจื ืกืช ืื ืฉื ืืืชื ืคืขื ืืืช ืื ืืฆื ืืืฉืชืืจ ืืื ืื ืืื ืฉืืืจ ืืืช ืืืืจืฉ ืืืื ืก ืขืื ืื ืชืื ืืืฉื ืขื ืคื ืืจืืื ืืื ืฉืืฉืืข ืืืจื ืืืืื ืืืื ืืคื ืฉืืขืื ืืืืืืืื
They said about Hillel the Elder that each and every day he would work and earn a half-dinar, half of which he would give to the guard of the study hall and half of which he spent for his sustenance and the sustenance of the members of his family. One time he did not find employment to earn a wage, and the guard of the study hall did not allow him to enter. He ascended to the roof, suspended himself, and sat at the edge of the skylight in order to hear the words of the Torah of the living God from the mouths of Shemaya and Avtalyon, the spiritual leaders of that generation.
ืืืจื ืืืชื ืืืื ืขืจื ืฉืืช ืืื ืืชืงืืคืช ืืืช ืืืชื ืืืจื ืขืืื ืฉืื ืื ืืฉืืื ืืฉืขืื ืขืืื ืืฉืืจ ืืืจ ืื ืฉืืขืื ืืืืืืืื ืืืืืืื ืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืืช ืืืืจ ืืืืื ืืคื ืฉืื ืืื ืืืขืื ื ืืื ืืฆืืฆื ืขืื ืืื ืืจืื ืืืืช ืืื ืืืจืืื ืขืื ืืืฆืื ืขืืื ืจืื ืฉืืฉ ืืืืช ืฉืื ืคืจืงืืื ืืืจืืืฆืืื ืืกืืืืื ืืืืฉืืืืื ืื ืื ืืืืืจื ืืืจื ืจืืื ืื ืืืื ืขืืื ืืช ืืฉืืช
The Sages continued and said: That day was Shabbat eve and it was the winter season of Tevet, and snow fell upon him from the sky. When it was dawn, Shemaya said to Avtalyon: Avtalyon, my brother, every day at this hour the study hall is already bright from the sunlight streaming through the skylight, and today it is dark; is it perhaps a cloudy day? They focused their eyes and saw the image of a man in the skylight. They ascended and found him covered with snow three cubits high. They extricated him from the snow, and they washed him and smeared oil on him, and they sat him opposite the bonfire to warm him. They said: This man is worthy for us to desecrate Shabbat for him. Saving a life overrides Shabbat in any case; however, this great man is especially deserving. Clearly, poverty is no excuse for the failure to attempt to study Torah.
ืขืฉืืจ ืืืืจืื ืื ืืคื ื ืื ืื ืขืกืงืช ืืชืืจื ืื ืืืืจ ืขืฉืืจ ืืืืชื ืืืจืื ืืืืชื ืื ืืกื ืืืืจืื ืื ืืืื ืขืฉืืจ ืืืืช ืืืชืจ ืืจืื ืืืขืืจ ืืืจื ืขืืื ืขื ืจืื ืืืขืืจ ืื ืืจืกืื ืฉืื ืื ืื ืืืื ืืืฃ ืขืืืจืืช ืืืืฉื ืืื ืืื ืืืฃ ืกืคืื ืืช ืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืื ื ืืื ื ืื ืฉื ืงืื ืขื ืืชืืคื ืืืืื ืืขืืจ ืืขืืจ ืืืืืื ื ืืืืื ื ืืืืื ืชืืจื
And if a wealthy man comes before the heavenly court, the members of the court say to him: Why did you not engage in Torah? If he says: I was wealthy and preoccupied with managing my possessions, they say to him: Were you any wealthier than Rabbi Elazar, who was exceedingly wealthy and nevertheless studied Torah? They said about Rabbi Elazar ben แธคarsum that his father left him an inheritance of one thousand villages on land, and corresponding to them, one thousand ships at sea. And each and every day he takes a leather jug of flour on his shoulder and walks from city to city and from state to state to study Torah from the Torah scholars in each of those places.
ืคืขื ืืืช ืืฆืืืื ืขืืืื ืืขืฉื ืื ืื ืืจืื ืืืจ ืืื ืืืงืฉื ืืื ืื ืืืื ื ืืืื ืืืืื ืชืืจื ืืืจื ืื ืืื ืจืื ืืืขืืจ ืื ืืจืกืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืืื ืืืชื ืืืืืื ืื ืืื ืืจืื ืืืชื ืืื ืืืฉื ืืขืืกืง ืืชืืจื ืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืืื
One time as he passed through the villages in his estate and his servants found him, did not recognize him, and, thinking he was a resident of the town, they pressed him into service [angarya] for the master of the estate. He said to them: I beseech you; let me be and I will go study Torah. They said: We swear by the life of Rabbi Elazar ben แธคarsum that we will not let you be. The Gemara comments: And in all his days, he never went and saw all his possessions and his property; rather, he would sit and engage in the study of Torah all day and all night.
ืจืฉืข ืืืืจืื ืื ืืคื ื ืื ืื ืขืกืงืช ืืชืืจื ืื ืืืจ ื ืื ืืืืชื ืืืจืื ืืืฆืจื (ืืื) ืืืืจืื ืื ืืืื ื ืื ืืืืช ืืืืกืฃ ืืืจื ืขืืื ืขื ืืืกืฃ ืืฆืืืง ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืชื ืืฉืช ืคืืืืคืจ ืืฉืืืชื ืืืืจืื ืืืืื ืฉืืืฉื ืื ืฉืืจืืช ืื ืืืฉื ืื ืขืจืืืช ืืืืื ืฉืืืฉื ืื ืขืจืืืช ืื ืืืฉื ืื ืฉืืจืืช
And if a wicked man comes to judgment, the members of the court say to him: Why did you not engage in Torah? If he said: I was handsome and preoccupied with my evil inclination, as I had many temptations, they say to him: Were you any more handsome than Joseph, who did not neglect Torah despite his beauty? They said about Joseph the righteous: Each and every day, the wife of Potiphar seduced him with words. In addition, the clothes that she wore to entice him in the morning, she did not wear to entice him in the evening. The clothes that she wore to entice him in the evening, she did not wear to entice him in the morning of the next day.
ืืืจื ืื ืืฉืืข ืื ืืืจ ืื ืืื ืืืจื ืื ืืจืื ื ืืืืฉืชื ืืืืช ืืืกืืจืื ืืืจ ืื ืืณ ืืชืืจ ืืกืืจืื ืืจืื ื ืืืคืคืช ืงืืืชื ืืณ ืืืงืฃ ืืคืืคืื ืืจืื ื ืืกืื ืืช ืขืื ืื ืืณ ืคืืงื ืขืืจืื ื ืชื ื ืื ืืืฃ ืืืจื ืืกืฃ ืืฉืืืข ืืืื ืืฉืื ืืฆืื ืืืืืช ืขืื ืืื ืจืฆื ืืฉืืืข ืืืื
One day she said to him: Submit to me and have relations with me.
He said to her: No.
She said to him: I will incarcerate you in the prison. He said to her: I do not fear you, as it is stated: โGod releases prisonersโ (Psalms 146:7).
She said to him: I will cause you to be bent over with suffering.
He said: โGod straightens those who are bent overโ (Psalms 146:8).
She said I will blind your eyes.
He said to her โGod opens the eyes of the blindโ (Psalms 146:8).
She gave him a thousand talents of silver to submit to her, โto lie with her and be with herโ (Genesis 39:10), and he refused.
ืืฉืื ืืฆืื ืืขืืื ืืื ืืืืืช ืขืื ืืขืืื ืืื ื ืืฆื ืืื ืืืืื ืืช ืืขื ืืื ืจืื ืืืขืืจ ืื ืืจืกืื ืืืืื ืืช ืืขืฉืืจืื ืืืกืฃ ืืืืื ืืช ืืจืฉืขืื
The Gemara elaborates: Had he submitted to her to lie with her in this world, it would have been decreed in Heaven that he would be with her in the World-to-Come. Therefore, he refused. Consequently, Hillel obligates the poor to study Torah, Rabbi Elazar ben แธคarsum obligates the wealthy, and Joseph obligates the wicked. For each category of people, there is a role model who overcame his preoccupations and temptations to study Torah.
ืืชื ืืณ ืื ืื ืืฆื ืคืจื ืืคืจื ืืื ืขืืื ืืื ืืืืื ืืืืืื ืจืืฉื ืืืจืื ืืคื ืื ืืืขืจื ืืืืื ืขืืื ืืืืจื ืืคื ืื ืืืขืจื ืืกืืื ืฉืชื ืืืื ืขืืื ืืืชืืื
MISHNA: The High Priest comes and stands next to his bull, and his bull was standing between the Entrance Hall and the altar with its head facing to the south and its face to the west. And the priest stands to the east of the bull, and his face points to the west. And the priest places his two hands on the bull and confesses.
ืืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืื ื ืืฉื ืขืืืชื ืคืฉืขืชื ืืืืชื ืืคื ืื ืื ื ืืืืชื ืื ื ืืฉื ืืคืจ ื ื ืืขืื ืืช ืืืคืฉืขืื ืืืืืืื ืฉืขืืืชื ืืฉืคืฉืขืชื ืืฉืืืืชื ืืคื ืื ืื ื ืืืืชื ืืืชืื ืืชืืจืช ืืฉื ืขืืื ืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืคืจ ืืืืณ ืืื ืขืื ืื ืืืจืื ืืจืื ืฉื ืืืื ืืืืืชื ืืขืืื ืืขื
And this is what he would say in his confession: Please, God, I have sinned, I have done wrong, and I have rebelled before You, I and my family. Please, God, grant atonement, please, for the sins, and for the wrongs, and for the rebellions that I have sinned, and done wrong, and rebelled before You, I and my family, as it is written in the Torah of Moses your servant: โFor on this day atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you of all your sins; you shall be clean before the Lordโ (Leviticus 16:30). And the priests and the people who were in the courtyard respond after he recites the name of God: Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom forever and all time.
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Yoma 35
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ืืืณ ืืื ืคืจืื ืืืจ ืจื ืืืกืฃ ืคืจืื ืืืืืฉื
GEMARA: What is the meaning of the name Parva? Rav Yosef said: Parva is the name of a Persian sorcerer, whose name is associated with the chamber due to a particular incident.
ืคืจืกื ืกืืื ืฉื ืืืฅ ืืื ืฉื ื ืฉื ืืืฅ ืืืจ ืจื ืืื ื ืืื ืฉืืืืจ ืฉืขืืืืช ืืืื ืืืืื ืืืฅ
ยง It was stated in the mishna: They spread there a sheet of fine linen. The Gemara asks: What is different that the sheet that they spread was made of fine linen? Rav Kahana said: It was so that the High Priest will be aware and remember that the service of the day is performed in fine linen.
ืืฉืืจ ืืื ืืืืฉ ืคืืืกืื ืฉื ืฉืืื ื ืขืฉืจ ืืืืณ ืืชื ื ืื ืืื ื ืืชื ืืืฉืืืขืื ื ืื ืงื ืืฉืืข ืื ืืืฆืืจ ืืื ื ืื ื ืขืืื ืื ืื ืืฆืืจ ืืื ื ืืืคื ืืื ื ืืืช ืื ืื
ยง The mishna continues: In the morning, he would wear garments worth eighteen maneh, and in the afternoon he would wear garments worth twelve maneh. In total, the clothes were worth thirty maneh. The Gemara expresses surprise at the total in the mishna: Does the tanna come to tell us the tally that eighteen and twelve equal thirty? The Gemara answers: This comes to teach us that one may not fashion garments worth less than the total of these morning and afternoon garments. The Gemara elaborates: If one decreases the value of these morning garments, and raises the value of those afternoon garments, we have no problem with it. One can distribute the total of thirty maneh between the two sets of garments in any manner that he chooses.
ืืืืื ืขืืื ืืืืช ืืฉืืจ ืขืืืคื ืื ื ืื ืืืจ ืจื ืืื ื ืืจืื ืืจื ืขืืืื ืืืจ ืงืจื ืณืืืณ ืณืืืณ ืณืืืณ ืณืืืณ ืืืืืจ ืืื
The Gemara comments: However, everyone, both Rabbi Meir and the Rabbis, agrees that the clothes of the morning are superior and must be more valuable than those of the afternoon. From where do we derive this? Rav Huna, son of Rav Ilai, said that with regard to the linen garments donned by the High Priest in the morning, the verse states: โHe shall be dressed in a sacred linen tunic, and with linen trousers next to his flesh, and he shall be girded with a linen belt, and he shall wear a linen mitreโ (Leviticus 16:4). From the fact that the verse repeats the term linen four times it is derived that the choicest linen should be used for this purpose.
ืืืชืืื ืืืืฉื ืืืืื ืืืจืื ืืื ืืงืืฉื ืืช ืืขื ืืืืืืื
The Gemara raises an objection. It is stated: โAnd it shall be that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and withinโ (Ezekiel 44:17). This verse is referring to the Yom Kippur service, as during the year the High Priest performed the service in eight priestly vestments made partially of wool. Two verses later the prophet says: โAnd when they go forth into the outer court, into the outer court to the people, they shall remove their garments in which they serve, and lay them in the sacred chambers, and they shall put on other garments, so that they do not sanctify the people with their garmentsโ (Ezekiel 44:19).
ืืื ืืื ืืืจืื ืืฉืืืื ืืื ืื ืืืจืื ืคืืืชืื ืืื
The Gemara infers: What, doesnโt โotherโ mean more important than the first set of linen garments? The Gemara rejects this: No, although โotherโ means different garments, it means garments inferior to them, the first set of linen garments. The High Priest does not don a second set of garments to effect atonement; rather, he dons them in deference to God to remove the spoon and the coal pan from the Holy of Holies.
ืชื ื ืจื ืืื ื ืืจ ืืืืื ืืืืจื ืื ืจื ืฉืืืื ืืจ ืืืืื ืืืจ ืฉืืืชื ืขืืืืช ืฆืืืืจ ืืื ืฉืขืฉืชื ืื ืืื ืืชืื ืช ืืืืฉื ืืขืืื ืื ืขืืืืช ืืืื ืืืืื ืฉืืืกืจื ื ืืฆืืืืจ ืคืฉืืื
Rav Huna bar Yehuda, and some say Rav Shmuel bar Yehuda, taught: After the public service concluded, a priest whose mother had made him a priestly tunic may wear it and perform an individual service while wearing it, such as removal of the spoon and the coal pan, which is not a service in and of itself, provided he transfers it to the possession of the public. All services performed by the priest must be performed while he is wearing sacred garments owned by the public, as all the Temple vessels are. The Gemara asks: This is obvious; once he transfers it to the possession of the public, it is Temple property like any other vessel that an individual donates to the Temple. What is novel in this statement?
ืืื ืืชืืื ื ืืืืฉ ืฉืื ืื ืืืกืจื ื ืืคื ืืคื ืงื ืืฉืืข ืื ืืืจื ืขืืื ืขื ืจืื ืืฉืืขืื ืื ืคืืื ืฉืขืฉืชื ืื ืืื ืืชืื ืช ืฉื ืืื ืื ื ืืืืืฉื ืืขืืื ืื ืขืืืืช ืืืื ืืืกืจื ืืฆืืืืจ
The Gemara answers: Lest you say that the concern is that since he is the one wearing it perhaps he will intend to retain ownership and will not transfer it wholeheartedly; therefore, it teaches us that if he transfers possession to the public, that is not a concern. Apropos this halakha, the Gemara relates: They said about the High Priest Rabbi Yishmael ben Pabi that his mother made him a tunic worth one hundred maneh. He donned it and performed an individual service and transferred possession of it to the public.
ืืืจื ืขืืื ืขื ืจืื ืืืขืืจ ืื ืืจืกืื ืฉืขืฉืชื ืื ืืื ืืชืื ืช ืืฉืชื ืจืืืื ืืื ืื ืืืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืื ืืืืืฉื ืืคื ื ืฉื ืจืื ืืขืจืื ืืื ืืชืืื ืืืืืจ ืืจ ืืืื ืืคืื ืฉืฉื ืืืจ ืืืื ืืืืจื ืืืืื
And similarly, they said about the High Priest Rabbi Elazar ben แธคarsum that his mother made him a tunic worth twenty thousand dinars, but his fellow priests did not allow him to wear it because it was transparent and he appeared as one who is naked. The Gemara asks: And could he be seen through a garment made to the specifications of the priestly vestments? Didnโt the Master say: The threads of the priestly vestments were six-fold? Since the clothes were woven from threads that thick, his body could not have been seen through them. Abaye said: It is like wine in a thick glass cup. His flesh could not actually be seen, but since it was very fine linen, it was somewhat translucent and his skin color was discernible.
ืชื ื ืจืื ื ืขื ื ืืขืฉืืจ ืืจืฉืข ืืืื ืืืื ืืขื ื ืืืืจืื ืื ืืคื ื ืื ืื ืขืกืงืช ืืชืืจื ืื ืืืืจ ืขื ื ืืืืชื ืืืจืื ืืืืื ืืชื ืืืืจืื ืื ืืืื ืขื ื ืืืืช ืืืชืจ ืืืื
ยง Apropos the great wealth of Rabbi Elazar ben แธคarsum, the Gemara cites that which the Sages taught: A poor person, and a wealthy person, and a wicked person come to face judgment before the Heavenly court for their conduct in this world. To the poor person, the members of the court say: Why did you not engage in Torah? If he rationalizes his conduct and says: I was poor and preoccupied with earning enough to pay for my sustenance and that is why I did not engage in Torah study, they say to him: Were you any poorer than Hillel, who was wretchedly poor and nevertheless attempted to study Torah?
ืืืจื ืขืืื ืขื ืืื ืืืงื ืฉืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืื ืขืืฉื ืืืฉืชืืจ ืืืจืคืขืืง ืืฆืื ืืื ื ืืชื ืืฉืืืจ ืืืช ืืืืจืฉ ืืืฆืื ืืคืจื ืกืชื ืืืคืจื ืกืช ืื ืฉื ืืืชื ืคืขื ืืืช ืื ืืฆื ืืืฉืชืืจ ืืื ืื ืืื ืฉืืืจ ืืืช ืืืืจืฉ ืืืื ืก ืขืื ืื ืชืื ืืืฉื ืขื ืคื ืืจืืื ืืื ืฉืืฉืืข ืืืจื ืืืืื ืืืื ืืคื ืฉืืขืื ืืืืืืืื
They said about Hillel the Elder that each and every day he would work and earn a half-dinar, half of which he would give to the guard of the study hall and half of which he spent for his sustenance and the sustenance of the members of his family. One time he did not find employment to earn a wage, and the guard of the study hall did not allow him to enter. He ascended to the roof, suspended himself, and sat at the edge of the skylight in order to hear the words of the Torah of the living God from the mouths of Shemaya and Avtalyon, the spiritual leaders of that generation.
ืืืจื ืืืชื ืืืื ืขืจื ืฉืืช ืืื ืืชืงืืคืช ืืืช ืืืชื ืืืจื ืขืืื ืฉืื ืื ืืฉืืื ืืฉืขืื ืขืืื ืืฉืืจ ืืืจ ืื ืฉืืขืื ืืืืืืืื ืืืืืืื ืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืืช ืืืืจ ืืืืื ืืคื ืฉืื ืืื ืืืขืื ื ืืื ืืฆืืฆื ืขืื ืืื ืืจืื ืืืืช ืืื ืืืจืืื ืขืื ืืืฆืื ืขืืื ืจืื ืฉืืฉ ืืืืช ืฉืื ืคืจืงืืื ืืืจืืืฆืืื ืืกืืืืื ืืืืฉืืืืื ืื ืื ืืืืืจื ืืืจื ืจืืื ืื ืืืื ืขืืื ืืช ืืฉืืช
The Sages continued and said: That day was Shabbat eve and it was the winter season of Tevet, and snow fell upon him from the sky. When it was dawn, Shemaya said to Avtalyon: Avtalyon, my brother, every day at this hour the study hall is already bright from the sunlight streaming through the skylight, and today it is dark; is it perhaps a cloudy day? They focused their eyes and saw the image of a man in the skylight. They ascended and found him covered with snow three cubits high. They extricated him from the snow, and they washed him and smeared oil on him, and they sat him opposite the bonfire to warm him. They said: This man is worthy for us to desecrate Shabbat for him. Saving a life overrides Shabbat in any case; however, this great man is especially deserving. Clearly, poverty is no excuse for the failure to attempt to study Torah.
ืขืฉืืจ ืืืืจืื ืื ืืคื ื ืื ืื ืขืกืงืช ืืชืืจื ืื ืืืืจ ืขืฉืืจ ืืืืชื ืืืจืื ืืืืชื ืื ืืกื ืืืืจืื ืื ืืืื ืขืฉืืจ ืืืืช ืืืชืจ ืืจืื ืืืขืืจ ืืืจื ืขืืื ืขื ืจืื ืืืขืืจ ืื ืืจืกืื ืฉืื ืื ืื ืืืื ืืืฃ ืขืืืจืืช ืืืืฉื ืืื ืืื ืืืฃ ืกืคืื ืืช ืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืื ื ืืื ื ืื ืฉื ืงืื ืขื ืืชืืคื ืืืืื ืืขืืจ ืืขืืจ ืืืืืื ื ืืืืื ื ืืืืื ืชืืจื
And if a wealthy man comes before the heavenly court, the members of the court say to him: Why did you not engage in Torah? If he says: I was wealthy and preoccupied with managing my possessions, they say to him: Were you any wealthier than Rabbi Elazar, who was exceedingly wealthy and nevertheless studied Torah? They said about Rabbi Elazar ben แธคarsum that his father left him an inheritance of one thousand villages on land, and corresponding to them, one thousand ships at sea. And each and every day he takes a leather jug of flour on his shoulder and walks from city to city and from state to state to study Torah from the Torah scholars in each of those places.
ืคืขื ืืืช ืืฆืืืื ืขืืืื ืืขืฉื ืื ืื ืืจืื ืืืจ ืืื ืืืงืฉื ืืื ืื ืืืื ื ืืืื ืืืืื ืชืืจื ืืืจื ืื ืืื ืจืื ืืืขืืจ ืื ืืจืกืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืืื ืืืชื ืืืืืื ืื ืืื ืืจืื ืืืชื ืืื ืืืฉื ืืขืืกืง ืืชืืจื ืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืืื
One time as he passed through the villages in his estate and his servants found him, did not recognize him, and, thinking he was a resident of the town, they pressed him into service [angarya] for the master of the estate. He said to them: I beseech you; let me be and I will go study Torah. They said: We swear by the life of Rabbi Elazar ben แธคarsum that we will not let you be. The Gemara comments: And in all his days, he never went and saw all his possessions and his property; rather, he would sit and engage in the study of Torah all day and all night.
ืจืฉืข ืืืืจืื ืื ืืคื ื ืื ืื ืขืกืงืช ืืชืืจื ืื ืืืจ ื ืื ืืืืชื ืืืจืื ืืืฆืจื (ืืื) ืืืืจืื ืื ืืืื ื ืื ืืืืช ืืืืกืฃ ืืืจื ืขืืื ืขื ืืืกืฃ ืืฆืืืง ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืชื ืืฉืช ืคืืืืคืจ ืืฉืืืชื ืืืืจืื ืืืืื ืฉืืืฉื ืื ืฉืืจืืช ืื ืืืฉื ืื ืขืจืืืช ืืืืื ืฉืืืฉื ืื ืขืจืืืช ืื ืืืฉื ืื ืฉืืจืืช
And if a wicked man comes to judgment, the members of the court say to him: Why did you not engage in Torah? If he said: I was handsome and preoccupied with my evil inclination, as I had many temptations, they say to him: Were you any more handsome than Joseph, who did not neglect Torah despite his beauty? They said about Joseph the righteous: Each and every day, the wife of Potiphar seduced him with words. In addition, the clothes that she wore to entice him in the morning, she did not wear to entice him in the evening. The clothes that she wore to entice him in the evening, she did not wear to entice him in the morning of the next day.
ืืืจื ืื ืืฉืืข ืื ืืืจ ืื ืืื ืืืจื ืื ืืจืื ื ืืืืฉืชื ืืืืช ืืืกืืจืื ืืืจ ืื ืืณ ืืชืืจ ืืกืืจืื ืืจืื ื ืืืคืคืช ืงืืืชื ืืณ ืืืงืฃ ืืคืืคืื ืืจืื ื ืืกืื ืืช ืขืื ืื ืืณ ืคืืงื ืขืืจืื ื ืชื ื ืื ืืืฃ ืืืจื ืืกืฃ ืืฉืืืข ืืืื ืืฉืื ืืฆืื ืืืืืช ืขืื ืืื ืจืฆื ืืฉืืืข ืืืื
One day she said to him: Submit to me and have relations with me.
He said to her: No.
She said to him: I will incarcerate you in the prison. He said to her: I do not fear you, as it is stated: โGod releases prisonersโ (Psalms 146:7).
She said to him: I will cause you to be bent over with suffering.
He said: โGod straightens those who are bent overโ (Psalms 146:8).
She said I will blind your eyes.
He said to her โGod opens the eyes of the blindโ (Psalms 146:8).
She gave him a thousand talents of silver to submit to her, โto lie with her and be with herโ (Genesis 39:10), and he refused.
ืืฉืื ืืฆืื ืืขืืื ืืื ืืืืืช ืขืื ืืขืืื ืืื ื ืืฆื ืืื ืืืืื ืืช ืืขื ืืื ืจืื ืืืขืืจ ืื ืืจืกืื ืืืืื ืืช ืืขืฉืืจืื ืืืกืฃ ืืืืื ืืช ืืจืฉืขืื
The Gemara elaborates: Had he submitted to her to lie with her in this world, it would have been decreed in Heaven that he would be with her in the World-to-Come. Therefore, he refused. Consequently, Hillel obligates the poor to study Torah, Rabbi Elazar ben แธคarsum obligates the wealthy, and Joseph obligates the wicked. For each category of people, there is a role model who overcame his preoccupations and temptations to study Torah.
ืืชื ืืณ ืื ืื ืืฆื ืคืจื ืืคืจื ืืื ืขืืื ืืื ืืืืื ืืืืืื ืจืืฉื ืืืจืื ืืคื ืื ืืืขืจื ืืืืื ืขืืื ืืืืจื ืืคื ืื ืืืขืจื ืืกืืื ืฉืชื ืืืื ืขืืื ืืืชืืื
MISHNA: The High Priest comes and stands next to his bull, and his bull was standing between the Entrance Hall and the altar with its head facing to the south and its face to the west. And the priest stands to the east of the bull, and his face points to the west. And the priest places his two hands on the bull and confesses.
ืืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืื ื ืืฉื ืขืืืชื ืคืฉืขืชื ืืืืชื ืืคื ืื ืื ื ืืืืชื ืื ื ืืฉื ืืคืจ ื ื ืืขืื ืืช ืืืคืฉืขืื ืืืืืืื ืฉืขืืืชื ืืฉืคืฉืขืชื ืืฉืืืืชื ืืคื ืื ืื ื ืืืืชื ืืืชืื ืืชืืจืช ืืฉื ืขืืื ืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืคืจ ืืืืณ ืืื ืขืื ืื ืืืจืื ืืจืื ืฉื ืืืื ืืืืืชื ืืขืืื ืืขื
And this is what he would say in his confession: Please, God, I have sinned, I have done wrong, and I have rebelled before You, I and my family. Please, God, grant atonement, please, for the sins, and for the wrongs, and for the rebellions that I have sinned, and done wrong, and rebelled before You, I and my family, as it is written in the Torah of Moses your servant: โFor on this day atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you of all your sins; you shall be clean before the Lordโ (Leviticus 16:30). And the priests and the people who were in the courtyard respond after he recites the name of God: Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom forever and all time.