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Yoma 26a

יומא כ״ו ע״א

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Topic

The third and fourth פייסות, why the קטורת goes to new כהנים, the afternoon תמיד lottery, and how the Sages reach four lotteries

Overview

The עמוד opens by finishing an earlier point: a ברייתא teaches that the כהן placed the פדר (fat) over the cut neck out of respect. A new משנה then lists the third פייס, for the קטורת, which was open only to new כהנים. It also lists the fourth פייס, for carrying the limbs from the כבש to the מזבח, which was open to everyone. The גמרא explains that no one offered the קטורת twice because, as רבי חנינא says, it brings wealth. אביי explains why the עולה, mentioned in the same verse, does not bring wealth: it is common, while the קטורת is rare. That verse leads to רבא's teaching that scholars who rule on הלכה come from לוי and יששכר. Next, רבי יוחנן rules that there was no separate afternoon פייס for the תמיד, and the גמרא defends him against several ברייתות, ending with the answer that שבת is different because the משמרות change. Finally, the גמרא shows that the fourth פייס does not follow רבי אליעזר בן יעקב and explains the reason for their dispute. רבא then shows how each Sage still reaches four lotteries, and a discussion of a תנא who counts five begins and continues on the next עמוד.

Opening lines

לְמַאי אֲתָא?

For what does it come (to teach)?

לְכִדְתַנְיָא: כֵּיצַד הָיָה עוֹשֶׂה?

For that which was taught: How would he do it?

נוֹתֵן אֶת הַפֶּדֶר אַבֵּית הַשְּׁחִיטָה

He places the fat upon the place of slaughter

וּמַעֲלֵהוּ,

and brings it up,

The steps (28)

  1. QuestionWhat does mentioning the fat come to teach?
  2. ResponseThe fat is placed over the cut, out of respect
  3. StatementThird lottery: only new priests for the incense
  4. StatementFourth lottery: new and old priests together
  5. StatementNo priest ever offered the incense twice
  6. QuestionWhy the insistence on new priests?
  7. ResponseBecause the incense brings wealth
  8. Questionרב פפא asks for the source that incense brings wealth
  9. ChallengeThen burnt-offerings should also bring wealth
  10. ResolutionThe burnt-offering is common, the incense is rare
  11. StatementTeaching scholars come from לוי or יששכר
  12. ProofVerses for לוי and יששכר
  13. ChallengeWhat about יהודה?
  14. ResolutionReaching the final הלכה
  15. StatementNo separate lottery for the afternoon תמיד
  16. ChallengeA ברייתא says there was an afternoon lottery
  17. ResolutionThat ברייתא refers to the incense
  18. ChallengeA ברייתא says 'for it' in the masculine
  19. ResolutionRead it as 'for her'
  20. ChallengeA ברייתא that says both 'for it (masculine)' and 'for it (feminine)'
  21. ResolutionThe ברייתא is talking about שבת, when the priestly groups switch
  22. ChallengeHow could we have thought there was a daily afternoon פיס? That makes too many lotteries
  23. ResolutionAll the כהנים gathered once in the morning to decide both jobs
  24. StatementOur משנה about the fourth lottery does not follow רבי אליעזר בן יעקב
  25. ProofProof: רבי אליעזר בן יעקב says the same כהן brings the limbs all the way up
  26. ResponseThe root of the disagreement: honoring the King vs. proper respect
  27. Statementרבא: Two Sages cannot share each other's opinions
  28. StatementOpening: What about a תנא who counts five lotteries?