Tamid 33a

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Topic

The order of the morning עבודה: bringing the coals, the פסכתר, the signal of the מגרפה, and the jobs inside the היכל ending with the burning of the קטורת.

Overview

This amud has no back-and-forth argument. It is plain משנה describing the order of the morning עבודה in the מקדש. First it finishes describing the קטורת vessel. Then the כהן of the מחתה scoops coals from the outer מזבח with a silver pan and pours them into a gold pan. The spilled coals are swept into the אמה, but on שבת they are covered with the פסכתר, which had three uses. Next, a כהן throws the מגרפה, and its loud sound signals the כהנים, the לוים, and the ראש המעמד, and the פרק ends. The new פרק הֵחֵלּוּ עוֹלִים describes each כהן's job inside the היכל: the inner מזבח, the מנורה, spreading the coals, and burning the קטורת only when the ממונה gives the word. The פרק ends with the people stepping away while the קטורת is burned.

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The steps (16)

1. StatementThe incense vessel was heaped full and covered
2. StatementThe כהן scoops coals from the outer altar
3. StatementPouring into the gold pan and sweeping the spilled coals
4. StatementOn שבת the spilled coals are covered with a פסכתר
5. StatementThe three uses of the פסכתר
6. StatementThe shovel is thrown with a huge noise
7. StatementThree signals given by the shovel's sound
8. ConclusionHadran — Closing פרק אמר להם הממונה
9. StatementClimbing the steps of the entrance hall
10. StatementThe כהן of the inner altar takes his basket
11. StatementCleaning the מנורה and keeping the western lamp lit
12. StatementSpreading the coals on the inner מזבח
13. StatementGetting the קטורת ready and the safety warning
14. StatementSpreading the קטורת and waiting for the command
15. StatementThe people step back and the כהן burns the קטורת
16. ConclusionHadran — Closing the chapter הֵחֵלּוּ עוֹלִים