Yoma 25a

יומא כ״ה ע״א

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Topic

What the כהנים wore during the פייס, the layout of לשכת הגזית, and the jobs of the second פייס

Overview

The גמרא continues the debate about what the כהנים wore during the פייס. רב נחמן says בגדי חול, and רב ששת says בגדי קודש. A משנה about removing the כהנים' clothes turns out to fit both views. רב ששת then brings a ברייתא in which the ממונה removes a מצנפת from a כהן's head. The גמרא rejects that proof, because a כהן can own a privately made priestly-style garment. From the same ברייתא, אביי proves that לשכת הגזית was half in קודש and half in חול, with one door to each side. A new משנה then lists the thirteen jobs given out by the second פייס, and בן עזאי gives a different order for bringing the limbs. The גמרא asks whether there was one draw or a separate draw for each job. A proof from 'four פייסות' is rejected, and the question continues on the next amud.

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The steps (20)

1. ProofTrying to read the משנה as describing the lottery winners
2. Rejectionרב ששת: the משנה describes those who lost
3. ProofLogic supports רב ששת's reading because trousers must go on first
4. Rejectionרב נחמן's side: the sacred trousers went on before the everyday clothes came off
5. Proofרב ששת's own source: the lottery in לשכת הגזית
6. ProofA mitre proves they wore sacred garments
7. RejectionA priestly-style hat can be a private, non-sacred garment
8. Statementאביי learns two facts about לשכת הגזית
9. ProofThe room was not entirely in the holy area
10. ProofThe room was not entirely in the non-holy area
11. ConclusionConclusion: the room was half holy and half non-holy
12. ProofIt could not have had only one door opening to the holy side
13. ProofIt could not have had only one door opening to the non-holy side
14. ConclusionConclusion: the room had two doorways
15. StatementThe jobs decided by the second lottery
16. StatementHow the limbs were split among thirteen priests
17. Statementבן עזאי: the order follows how the animal walks
18. QuestionOne lottery for all the jobs, or one for each job?
19. ProofProof from 'there were four lotteries'
20. Rejectionרב נחמן בר יצחק: four gatherings, many draws