Yoma 12b

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Topic

Initiating a replacement כהן גדול, the מחלוקת over the כהן הדיוט's אבנט, and the status of the replacement after the original כהן גדול returns.

Overview

The amud opens by finishing an earlier question: a replacement כהן גדול needs no special ceremony, because doing the עבודה initiates him, just as later כלים were initiated by their use. Next, רב דימי reports a מחלוקת between רבי and רבי אלעזר ברבי שמעון: was a כהן הדיוט's אבנט made of כלאים or of plain linen (בוץ)? The גמרא tries to prove who held which view from a ברייתא, but the proof is rejected because the ברייתא can be read two ways. רבין then brings a clear tradition: everyone agrees about the כהן גדול's אבנט, and רבי says the כהן הדיוט's אבנט is כלאים. רב נחמן בר יצחק supports רבין from a ברייתא in which רבי rejects רבי דוסא's view that the כהן גדול's יום הכפורים garments may be reused by a כהן הדיוט. The גמרא then returns to the replacement כהן גדול. רבי מאיר says the replacement keeps all the laws of a כהן גדול. רבי יוסי says he can serve in neither role, because of איבה and because מעלין בקודש ולא מורידין. The amud ends as רבה בר בר חנה begins a statement in רבי יוחנן's name, which continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

The steps (19)

1. ResponseHis service initiates the replacement High Priest
2. ProofProof from the vessels משה made
3. Statementרב דימי reports a dispute about the ordinary priest's belt
4. ProofSuggesting that רבי held the belt was a mixture
5. QuestionWhen does the ברייתא apply? Not the rest of the year
6. ResponseSuggesting the ברייתא refers to יום הכפורים
7. RejectionRejecting the proof: the ברייתא means ordinary days and only the shared garments
8. Statementרבין's clear version of where they agree and where they argue
9. Proofרב נחמן בר יצחק brings a supporting ברייתא: רבי יהודה's reading of the extra word
10. Statementרבי דוסא: the כהן גדול's יום הכפורים clothes may be used by a regular כהן
11. Challengeרבי's first objection: the belts are not the same
12. ChallengeHoly clothes cannot go down to a lesser use
13. Responseרבי's own reading: even worn-out garments are allowed
14. Proofרבי דוסא is consistent: the garments do not need to be hidden away
15. Statementרבי מאיר: the replacement keeps all the laws of a כהן גדול
16. Statementרבי יוסי: the replacement fits neither role
17. Proofרבי יוסי brings a story to prove his view
18. StatementWhy the replacement cannot serve in either role
19. StatementOpening of a new statement by רבי יוחנן