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Tamid 30b

תמיד ל׳ ע״ב

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Topic

The morning תמיד service: opening the היכל, the far-reaching sounds and smells of the מקדש, cleaning the inner מזבח and the מנורה, and the binding, שחיטה and blood service of the lamb.

Overview

This amud is all משנה and follows the early-morning service in the מקדש. The תמיד lamb is checked again by torchlight. The כהנים who clear the inner מזבח and the מנורה go ahead with a basket, a jug and two keys. They enter the היכל through the northern side door, because a פסוק in יחזקאל keeps the southern one shut. Then they open the great gate, and the שוחט waits to hear it open. The משנה lists the מקדש sounds that could be heard from יריחו, and even the smell of the קטורת that made goats sneeze far away. Next the lamb is brought to the בית המטבחיים, and the inner מזבח and the מנורה are cleaned, ending the פרק with a הדרן. The new פרק explains how the lamb is bound and where it is slaughtered, and how its blood is placed on the מזבח.

Opening lines

שֶׁל זָהָב.

Of gold.

אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהוּא מְבוּקָּר מִבָּעֶרֶב –

Even though it was already checked in the evening,

מְבַקְּרִין אוֹתוֹ לְאוֹר אֲבוּקוֹת.

they check it again by the light of torches.

מִי שֶׁזָּכָה בְּדִישּׁוּן מִזְבֵּחַ הַפְּנִימִי

The one who won the clearing of ashes from the inner altar

The steps (22)

  1. StatementThe lamb is checked again by torchlight
  2. StatementThe ash-clearing כהנים go first with four vessels
  3. StatementWhat the basket and the jug looked like
  4. StatementHow the two keys worked
  5. StatementThe two side doors of the great gate
  6. ProofA פסוק in יחזקאל about the closed southern door
  7. StatementThe כהן's path through the chamber into the היכל
  8. StatementOpening the great gate
  9. StatementThe שוחט waits to hear the great gate open
  10. Statementמקדש sounds heard from יריחו, part one
  11. Statementמקדש sounds heard from יריחו, part two
  12. StatementThe smell of the קטורת reached יריחו
  13. ProofGoats sneezing from the incense smell
  14. StatementBringing the תמיד to the slaughterhouse
  15. StatementWhat the slaughterhouse looked like
  16. StatementClearing the ashes from the inner altar
  17. StatementCleaning the lamps of the מנורה
  18. StatementThe three-step stone in front of the מנורה
  19. ConclusionHadran — Closing פרק אמר להם הממונה
  20. StatementHow the lamb was bound and held
  21. StatementWhere the morning and afternoon lambs were slaughtered
  22. StatementPlacing the blood on the altar and pouring out the rest