Yoma 27b

יומא כ״ז ע״ב

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Topic

Whether a זר is liable for arranging the wood on the מזבח (the מערכה or the two logs), and the related rules of daytime service and the פייס.

Overview

The amud opens with the last line of an earlier derivation: the verse refers to the טלה of the morning תמיד. Then רבי יוחנן rules that a זר who arranges the wood pile (מערכה) on the מזבח is חייב, and that a כהן must rebuild the pile. רבי זירא objects that arranging the pile may be done at night, so it cannot be a real עבודה reserved for כהנים. The גמרא tests his rule with the burning of אברים ופדרים and with תרומת הדשן. It answers that these count as the end and the start of the daytime service, so his objection stands. רבי יוחנן's statement is therefore reworded: a זר is liable for placing the שני גזירי עצים, since that is a daytime service. רבא asks why that service has no פייס. The גמרא answers that it is included in the lottery for תרומת הדשן, and then explains the exceptions to the lottery rules. מר זוטרא challenges the claim that the logs belong to the daytime from a משנה, and the גמרא answers him. Finally, another version of רבי זירא's objection is brought: arranging the pile is followed by another service, so a זר should not be liable for it. That discussion continues on the next amud.

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The steps (22)

1. ConclusionThe verse refers to the lamb of the morning offering
2. StatementA non-priest who arranged the wood pile is liable
3. ChallengeWhat would rebuilding by the same person accomplish?
4. ResolutionThe non-priest dismantles, a priest rearranges
5. ChallengeA service valid at night cannot be forbidden to a non-priest
6. ChallengeBurning limbs and fats is a counterexample
7. ResolutionNight burning is the end of a daytime service
8. ChallengeWhat about removing the ashes?
9. ResolutionRemoving the ashes begins the daytime service
10. ConclusionSo the challenge against רבי יוחנן stands
11. Resolutionרבי יוחנן's statement is rewritten: the two logs
12. Challengeרבא: then it should need a lottery
13. ResolutionThe two logs are included in the ashes lottery
14. ChallengeDo only daytime services need a lottery? What about the limbs?
15. ResolutionBurning the limbs ends the daytime service
16. ChallengeWhat about removing the ashes, which has a lottery?
17. ResolutionThe ashes lottery came from a past incident
18. ChallengeMust a lottery service also be forbidden to a זר? What about slaughtering?
19. ResolutionSlaughtering is different: it begins the service
20. ChallengeThe משנה checks the time for slaughtering, not for the logs
21. ResolutionThe משנה mentions only what cannot be fixed
22. ChallengeAnother version: no service followed by more service makes a non-priest liable